Ἀξιός

See also: ἄξιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Axius, the Paeonian river god, said to be from Ancient Macedonian.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀξῐός • (Axiós) m (genitive Ἀξῐοῦ); second declension

  1. Axius, an ancient name for the Orontes and Vardar rivers
  2. An ancient name for the Orontes river
  3. An ancient name for the Vardar river

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἀξιός; τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀξιός
ho Axiós
Genitive τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ
toû Axioû
Dative τῷ Ἀξιῷ
tôi Axiôi
Accusative τὸν Ἀξιόν
tòn Axión
Vocative Ἀξιέ
Axié
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Αξιός (Axiós)
  • → Latin: Axius
  • → Turkish: Asi

References
  1. Fitchett, Joseph; Deford, McAdams (1973). "A River Called Rebel". Aramco World (May/June): 12–21.
  2. Getzel M. Cohen. The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa. p. 100.

Further reading
  • “Ἀξιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀξιός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
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