τίμιος: Difference between revisions

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