ἐπάξιος

A. a, ον, worthy, deserving of . ., πάντων Pi. N. 7.89; τῆς δίκης ἐπάξια A. Eu. 272 (lyr.), cf. Ch. 95; θαυμάτων ἐπάξια E. Ba. 716; σπουδῆς οὐ . . πολλῆς τινος ἐ. Pl. Sph. 218e: c. inf., ἐ. [εἶ] κατοικτίσαι deserving of pity, S. OC 461: abs., ἐ. φύσει καὶ τροφῇ worthy, qualified by birth and breeding, Pl. Lg. 961b.

2. deserved, στεφάνωμα Pi. I. 4(3).44; worthy, meet, ἄλγος A. Th. 865 (lyr.); γάμοι S. El. 971, etc.; κυρεῖν τῶν ἐπαξίων meet with one's deserts, A. Pr. 70. Adv. ‐ίως S. OT 133, Iamb. Myst. 3.20.

3. worth mentioning, notable, Hdt. 2.79,7.96 (sed v. ἀπαξοί); worth while to do a thing, Hp. Art. 72.