ἀξιόω
Etym. ἄξιος
I. "to think or deem worthy of" a thing, whether of "reward", Eur., Xen.; or of "punishment", Hdt., Plat.:— Pass. "to be thought worthy", τινός Hdt., Eur., etc.
2. c. acc. pers. "to esteem, honour", Trag.
II. c. acc. pers. et inf. "to think" one "worthy to" do or be, Eur., etc.:—Pass., Aesch., etc.
2. "to think fit, expect, require, demand that", Lat. postulare, ἀξ. τινα ἐλθεῖν Hdt., etc.
III. c. inf. only, ἀξ. κομίζεσθαι, τυγχάνειν "to think one has a right to" receive, "expect" to receive, Thuc.:—Pass. "to be required" to do, Dem.
2. "to think fit, expect, consent, resolve", ἀξιῶ θανεῖν Soph.; εἴ τις ἀξιοῖ μαθεῖν if "he deigns" to learn, Aesch.:—so in Mid., ἀξιοῦσθαι μέλειν "to deign" to care for, id=Aesch., etc.; also as a real Mid., οὐκ ἀξιούμενος not "deeming himself worthy", Hdt.
IV. "to claim", νικᾶν ἠξίουν "claimed" the victory, Thuc.: absol. "to make a claim", id=Thuc.
V. "to hold an opinion", Dem.; ἐν τῶι τοιῶιδε ἀξιοῦντι in such a "state of opinion", Thuc.