Ἄξιον
proper; cheap
Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Nov 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
The orators apply [this] to what is sensible and just.1 Demosthenes [writes]: "for on account of this especially it is proper to be silent, when there is neither someone bullying, nor someone who is going to punish you".2 They assign [the word] axion also to purchases, whenever something is sold at a good price.3 Lysias in the [oration] Against the Corn-dealers [writes]: "they will say that they buy the corn out of good-will towards the city, so that they can sell it to you as cheaply as possible."4 And elsewhere: "if then you vote to convict them, you will do the just thing and you will buy your corn cheaper; if not, [it will be] more expensive".5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄξιον· οἱ ῥήτορες ἐπὶ τοῦ εὐλόγου καὶ δικαίου ἐκλαμβάνουσι. Δημοσθένης· διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο μάλιστα ἄξιόν ἐστι σιωπᾶν, ὅτ' οὔτ' ἐστὶν ὁ καταπλήσσων, οὔθ' ὁ κολάσων ὑμᾶς. τάσσουσι δὲ τὸ ἄξιον καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὠνίων, ὅταν εὔωνόν τι πιπράσκηται. Λυσίας ἐν τῷ κατὰ τῶν σιτοπωλῶν· ἐροῦσιν ὡς ἐπ' εὐνοίᾳ τῆς πόλεως ὠνοῦνται τὸν σῖτον, ἵν' ὡς ἀξιώτατον ὑμῖν πωλῶσι. καὶ πάλιν· ἐὰν οὖν αὐτῶν καταψηφίσησθε, τά τε δίκαια ποιήσετε καὶ ἀξιώτερον τὸν σῖτον ὠνήσεσθε· εἰ δὲ μὴ, τιμιώτερον.
Betacode
*)/acion: oi( r(h/tores e)pi\ tou= eu)lo/gou kai\ dikai/ou e)klamba/nousi. *dhmosqe/nhs: dia\ ga\r tou=to ma/lista a)/cio/n e)sti siwpa=n, o(/t' ou)/t' e)sti\n o( kataplh/sswn, ou)/q' o( kola/swn u(ma=s. ta/ssousi de\ to\ a)/cion kai\ e)pi\ tw=n w)ni/wn, o(/tan eu)/wno/n ti pipra/skhtai. *lusi/as e)n tw=| kata\ tw=n sitopwlw=n: e)rou=sin w(s e)p' eu)noi/a| th=s po/lews w)nou=ntai to\n si=ton, i(/n' w(s a)ciw/taton u(mi=n pwlw=si. kai\ pa/lin: e)a\n ou)=n au)tw=n katayhfi/shsqe, ta/ te di/kaia poih/sete kai\ a)ciw/teron to\n si=ton w)nh/sesqe: ei) de\ mh\, timiw/teron.
Notes (4)
- [1] cf. alpha 2815; there too the headword is neuter singular of this adjective.↩
- 2A fragment (no.5) of one of Demosthenes' lost orations (no.13 in Baiter-Sauppe). The Suda's 'you' should perhaps be 'us'. (cf. n.4 below.) ↩
- 3cf. alpha 2814. ↩
- 4Lysias 22.11 (web address 1). The Suda's "to you" should read "to us", a frequent manuscript confusion between two Greek words which differ by just one letter. ↩
- 5Lysias 22.22 (web address 2).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α2814Ἄξιοςof a worthy price, worth [something][Meaning] something cheap. Pherecrates in Histos [writes]: "winged wheat worth a garland."
- α2815Ἄξιονproper, fine, worthyIs applied to what is just. Thus Demosthenes [uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/cion cu/lon ["fine timber"], [meaning timber] well and beautifully worked, good, beautiful. Aristophanes [writes]: "if…
- α2831Ἀξιώτεροςcheaper[Meaning] fairer in price. Also [sc. attested is] a)ciwte/ras, like eu)wnote/ras. "I have never seen cheaper anchovies". [Meaning] of a worthy price. For axion in Attic [writers] [means] cheap.
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Revision history9 revisions · last 31 Aug 2015
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict