ἄξιος

Etymology
According to some scholars,, with the verb in the sense "draw down (in the scale)", hence "weigh, import". Beekes doubts this. Compare the meanings again of weighing in Latin of same root.

Adjective

 * 1) counterbalancing, weighing as much as, of like value
 * 2) * Iliad 23.885:
 * νῦν δ’ οὐδ’ ἑνὸς ἄξιοί εἰμεν Ἕκτορος
 * we [all of us] are not worth as much as one Hector
 * 1) worthy, fit

Interjection

 * , "Worthy!"