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τιμοκρατία

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Transliteration A: timokratía Transliteration B: timokratia Transliteration C: timokratia Beta Code: timokrati/a

English (LSJ)

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   A state in which the love of honour is the ruling principle, expld. by Pl. as ἡ φιλότιμος πολιτεία. R.545b; cf. τιμαρχία.    II state in which honours are distributed according to a rating of property, timocracy, Arist.EN1160a36,b17.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1116] ἡ, bei Plat. Rep. VIII, 545 c u. öfter, ein Staat, dessen Grundlage die Ehre ist; bei Arist. eth. 8, 10 ein Staat, in welchem die Aemter u. Ehrenstellen nach der Schätzung des Vermögens, nach dem Census vertheilt werden.