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καταξι-όω

kataxioo

deem worthy

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Where it lives

2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Against Neaera 1 · 1.1/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταξι-όω · kataxi-oō — LSJ

deem worthy, hold in honour, deem worthy of, hold in high esteem, to be held worthy

deem worthy, c. acc. et inf., D. 59.111; hold in honour, Plb. 4.86.8: c. gen. rei, deem worthy of a thing, τάξεως τὸν κίνδυνον Id. 1.23.3; τινὰ μεγάλης ἀποδοχῆς D.S. 2.60:—Med., οὔτε νιν . . Δίκη προσεῖδε καὶ κατηξιώσατο did not regard and hold in high esteem, A. Th. 667:—Pass., to be held worthy, πρεσβείας Plb. 12.10.8, cf. Iamb. VP 36.265; ἔργον ἐπιφανὲς καὶ κατηξιωμένον Plb. 5.83.4.

II command, bid, didst decree it so

command, bid, πολλὰ χαίρειν ξυμφοραῖς καταξιῶ A. Ag. 572; σύ τοι κατηξίωσας thou didst decree it so, S. Ph. 1095 (lyr.).

III deign, vouchsafe

deign, vouchsafe, c. inf., Luc. Ind. 3, Jul. Ep. 204, PLond. 2.232.14 (iv A.D.), POxy. 1214 (v A.D.), etc.

IV let us, degrade it by likening it to

in bad sense, τῶν ἐν μέρους εἴδει πεφυκότων μηδενὶ καταξιώσωμεν let us not degrade it by likening it to . . , Pl. Ti. 30c.

V claim, maintain

in argument, claim, maintain, Phld. Sign. 30, al.:—Med., c. inf., Id. Rh. 1.32S.

In the wild

καταξιῶ · kataxiō Aeschylus, Agamemnon 572
κατηξιώσατο · katēxiōsato Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 664–667
κατηξιοῦτε · katēxioute Demosthenes, Against Neaera speaker.111 (DIORISIS sentence 273)
καταξιώσας · kataxiōsas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.12 (DIORISIS sentence 8566)
καταξιώσῃ · kataxiōsēi Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.19.1 (DIORISIS sentence 650)
καταξιωθῆναι · kataxiōthēnai New Testament, 2 Thessalonians 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3)

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