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|Definition=[<b class="b3">τῑ], α, ον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>347c</span>, al.; also ος, ον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>948</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1283a36</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.651</span>: (τιμή):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[valued]], </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">held in honour, worthy</b>, ὅδε πᾶσι φίλος καὶ τ. ἐστι <span class="bibl">Od.10.38</span>, cf. Sapph.10, 105, <span class="bibl">Alc. 49</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.71</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἄνδρα τ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>556</span>; <b class="b3">γενεᾷ τίμιος [Δανάη</b>] S. l.c.; τίμιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>829d</span>; νηὸν . . πᾶσιν μάλα τ. ἀνθρώποισι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span> 483</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134.7</span>, etc.: freq. in Comp. and Sup., τιμιώταται θεῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>967</span> (lyr.); πασῶν Ἀθῆναι -ωτάτη πόλις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>108</span>; -ώτερον ἐπιστήμη ὀρθῆς δόξης ἐστί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>98a</span>; as form of address, -ώτατε Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span>1 <span class="title">Prooem.</span>; τῷ -ωτάτῳ χαίρειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ep.Sat.</span>2.25</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>41.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7347.29</span> (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[valuable]], [[prized]], οὐδὲν κτῆμα -ώτερον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>702</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>301</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span> 439</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>17.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">of high price, costly, dear</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.23</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">8.105</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Lys.22.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>304b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>347c</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Lap.</span>18</span> (Sup.); <b class="b3">πωλεῖται τίμιος</b> is sold [[dearly]], ib.<span class="bibl">31</span>; τίμιον ἀγοράζειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>160.10</span> (iii B.C.); χρυσίον ὅταν πολὺ παραφανῇ, τὸ ἀργύριον -ώτερον ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.10</span>: Comp. <b class="b3">-έστερος</b> dub. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span> 375.13</span> (iii B.C.). Adv. -ίως, πρίασθαι Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>3.35. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[conferring honour]], [[honourable]], <b class="b3">τιμία ἕδρα</b> a seat <b class="b2">of honour</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>854</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>241</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τ. γέρας</b> an [[honourable]] privilege, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>986</span>; <b class="b3">οὑπιρρέων γὰρ -ώτερος χρόνος ἔσται πολίταις</b> [[more full of honour]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 853</span>; <b class="b3">-ωτέρα χώρα</b> a [[higher]] place, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.4.10</span>; δῶρα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.27</span>: <b class="b3">τὰ τίμια</b>, = [[τιμαί]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>221</span> (cj.), <span class="title">SIG</span>659.8 (Delph., ii B.C.), al., <span class="bibl">Plb.6.9.8</span>, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>3.468.10, al. (Thess., i B.C.); τὰ τ. τῶν ἱερῶν <span class="title">OGI</span> 90.33 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); also in sg., <span class="title">SIG</span>591.6 (Lampsacus, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὰ -ώτατα</b>, = [[τὰ φίλτατα]], <span class="bibl">D.18.215</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ καλούμεναι τίμιαι τέσσαρες τέχναι</b> Zos.Alch.p.239 B.</span>