Value

The genitive expresses value.

ἱερὰ τριῶν ταλάντων offerings worth three talents L. 30.20, χῑλίων δραχμῶν δίκην φεύγω I am defendant in an action involving a thousand drachmas D. 55.25.

Predicate Use: τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους τοσούτων χρημάτων λῡ́εσθαι to ransom the captives at so high a price D. 19.222, τριῶν δραχμῶν πονηρὸς ὤν a threepenny rogue 19. 200.

With verbs of judicial action the genitive of the penalty may be regarded as a genitive of value: θανάτου κρῑ́νουσι they judge in matters of life and death X. C. 1.2.14. So ὑπάγειν τινὰ θανάτου to impeach a man on a capital charge X. H. 2.3.12; cp. τῑμᾶν θανάτου 1374.

a. With many verbs of judicial action περί is used.

Value (1372).—τάπις ἀξίᾱ δέκα μνῶν a rug worth ten minae X. A. 7.3.27, δόξα χρημάτων οὐκ ὠνητή reputation is not to be bought for money I. 2.32. So with ἀντάξιος worth, ἰσόρροπος in equal poise with (T. 2.42), ἀξιόχρεως sufficient, ἀνάξιος unworthy. ἄξιόν τινι with the infinitive denotes it is meet for a person to do something or the like.