τίμημα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A honouring, tending, τύμβου A.Ch.511.    2 estimate, valuation, τ. τῆς ἀξίας E.Hipp.622; τὸ τ. ἐστι τῆς χώρας ἑξακις χιλίων ταλάντων D.14.19, cf. Docum.ib.18.55, POxy. 1274.14 (iii A.D.), etc.    3 payment, τίμαμα hοίσοντι will make payment, Tab.Heracl.1.150, cf. PGrenf.2.67.12 (iii A.D.); τὸ τ. ἔχων having received the price, Alciphr.3.47; pretium = τ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις καταβαλλόμενον, Gloss.    4 in legal sense, estimate of damages done: hence, penalty, punishment, fine, τ. κλῳὸς σύκινος Ar.V.897; τί τίμημ' ἐπιγράψω τῇ δίκῃ; Id.Pl.480, cf. Lys.27.16, etc.; καὶ ἐγώ τε τῷ τ. ἐμμένω, καὶ οὗτοι Pl.Ap.39b; τ. δὲ [ἔστω], ὅ τι χρὴ πάσχειν ἢ ἀποτίνειν Id.Lg.941a; τιμάτω τὸ δικαστήριον τὸ τ. ib.907e, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναβάς rising to speak on the matter of the penalty, D.19.290; πρᾶξαι Πειθίαν τὸ τ. τῆς ὕβρεως καὶ ἀποδοῦναί μοι the damages for the assault, PEnteux.74.17 (iii B.C.).    5 cost, expense, τῷ ἑαυτῆς τ. at her own expense, POxy.1208.4 (iii A.D.); κινδύνῳ καὶ πόρῳ καὶ τ. τῆς παντοίας μου ὑποστάσεως PStrassb.40.20 (vi A.D.), cf. PFlor.297.27 (vi A.D.).    6 in political sense, the value at which a citizen's property was rated for taxation, his rateable property, IG12.98.11, 22.2498.8, Lys.17.7, 19.48, Pl.Lg.945a, etc.; ἡ ἀπὸ τιμημάτων πολιτεία a government where the magistrates were chosen according to property, a timocracy, Id.R.550c; ἐκ τιμημάτων αἱ ἀρχαὶ καθίστανται X.Mem. 4.6.12, cf. Pl.Lg.698b; ἀπὸ τ. μακρῶν αἱ μεθέξεις τῶν ἀρχῶν Arist.Pol. 1278a23; ἐκκλησιάζειν οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τιμήματος οὐθενὸς οἱ δ' ἀπὸ μακροῦ τ. ib.1294b3; δημοκρατικὸν τὸ μὴ ἀπὸ τιμήματος ὀλιγαρχικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ τ. ib. line 9, cf. 1306b13: the τ. was calculated at so many years' purchase of the οὐσία, πεντεκαίδεκα ταλάντων τρία τάλαντα τίμημα D. 27.9.