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|Definition=ἡ, ([[τίω]], v. ad fin.).<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[worship]], [[esteem]], [[honour]], and in plural [[honour]]s, such as are [[accord]]ed to gods or to superiors, or [[bestow]]ed (whether by gods or men) as a reward for services, τιμῆς ἔμμοροί εἰσι Od.8.480; ὄφρ' ἂν Ἀχαιοὶ υἱὸν ἐμὸν τίσωσιν ὀφέλλωσίν τέ ἑ τιμῇ Il.1.510; ἐκ δὲ Διὸς τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ 17.251; ἐν δὲ ἰῇ τ. ἠμὲν κακὸς ἠδὲ καὶ [[ἐσθλός]] 9.319, cf. 4.410; ἐν τ. σέβειν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''166 (troch.); ἐν τ. ἄγεσθαί τινας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.134; <b class="b3">ἐν τ. τίθεσθαι</b> or <b class="b3">ἄγειν τινά</b>, Id.3.3, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 538e; ἐν τιμαῖς ἔχειν Philem.199; τιμαῖς αὐξήσας τινάς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.8.24; <b class="b3">τιμὴν νεῖμαι, ἀπονέμειν τινί</b>, S.''Ph.''1062, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''837c; <b class="b3">τοῖς φίλοις τιμὰς νέμειν</b> [[pay]] [[due]] [[regard]] to [[friend]]s / [[honor]] friends, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1351; <b class="b3">τιμὰς ὤπασας, πορών</b>, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''30,946; [[διδόναι]] E.''Hipp.''1424, etc.; ἀποδοῦναι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 415c; τὸ πρᾶγμ' ἐμοὶ τιμὴν φέρει E.''Hipp.''329; τινὶ τιμὰς [[προσάπτειν]] S.''El.''356; ἀφύων τιμὴν περιάψας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''640 (anap.); <b class="b3">τ. εὑρίσκεσθαι, δέκεσθαι</b>, Pi.''P.''1.48, 8.5; τιμὴν παρ' ἀνθρώποις φέρεσθαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1278; τιμὰς ἔχειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.46, etc.; πρός τινος Id.1.120; ἐν μεγάλῃτιμῇ εἶναι X.''An.''2.5.38; <b class="b3">τιμῆς λαχεῖν, τυχεῖν</b>, S.''Ant.''699, ''El.''364 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); <b class="b3">οἱ γεραίτεροι ταῖς τῶν νέων τιμαῖς ἀγάλλονται</b> [[pay|paid]] to them by the [[young]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.33: c. gen., <b class="b3">χωρὶς ἡ τ. θεῶν</b> the [[honour]] [[due]] to them, A.''Ag.''637, cf. ''Ch.'' 200; τιμὰς τὰς θεῶν πατεῖν S.''Ant.''745; τιμαὶ δαιμόνων E.''Hipp.''107: [[τιμῇ]] = [[with honour]], [[honourably]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''381 codd.; [[τιμῆς ἕνεκα]] = [[as a mark of honour]], X.''An.''7.3.28; τιμῇ προέξουσ' S.''Ant.''208.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[honour]], [[dignity]], [[lordship]], as the attribute of gods or kings, Il.1.278, 9.498, etc.; θεῶν ἒξ ἔμμορε τιμῆς Od.5.335; τ. βασιληΐς Il.6.193, cf. Hes.''Th.''393, Pi.''P.''4.108, A.''Eu.''228 (pl.); [[Περσονόμος]] τ. μεγάλη Id.''Pers.''919 (anap.); [[δίθρονος]].. καὶ [[δίσκηπτρος]] τιμή Id.''Ag.''44 (anap.): generally, like [[γέρας]], [[prerogative]] or [[special]] [[attribute]] of a [[king]], and in plural his [[prerogatives]], Od.1.117, Hes.''Th.''203, Thgn.374, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''909 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">βασιλικαὶ τιμαί</b> = [[imperial]] [[prerogative]]s, Hdn.7.10.5; σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ' ἀποσυλᾶται [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''172 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> a [[dignity]], [[office]], [[magistracy]], and in plural, [[civic honours]] (τιμὰς λέγομεν εἶναι τὰς ἀρχάς Arist.''Pol.'' 1281a31), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.59, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔν τε ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις τ.</b> Pl.''Ap.'' 35b, cf. ''Ti.''20a, etc.; μὴ φεύγειν τοὺς πόνους, ἢ μηδὲ τὰς τ. [[διώκειν]] Th.2.63; τιμὴν ἔχειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.8, etc.; τὴν τιμὴν εἴληχε [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 61c; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν τιμαῖς</b> men in [[office]], E.''IA''19 (anap.), cf. Isoc.9.81; ἐκβαλῶ σε ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.9; <b class="b3">τιμὰς ἴσχειν</b> [[hold]] the [[office]] of [[τιμοῦχος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ''Jahresh.''12.136 (Erythrae, v/iv B.C.): generally, [[office]], [[task]], ἄχαρις τιμή [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.36:—also,<br><span class="bld">b</span> a [[person in authority]], an [[authority]], <b class="b3">κλῦτε δὲ Γᾶ</b> (Ahrens for [[τὰ]]) χθονίων τε τιμαί A.''Ch.''399 (lyr.); <b class="b3">καὶ τὰ καρτερώτατα τιμαῖς ὑπείκει</b> [[yield]] to [[authority|authorities]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 670.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[present of honour]], [[compliment]], [[offering]], e.g. to the gods, Hes.''Op.''142, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''622; [[reward]], [[present]], ἢ [[ἀργύριον]] ἢ τιμή [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 347a; <b class="b3">τιμαὶ καὶ δωρεαί</b> ib.361c; ὅσοι.. ἄλλην τινὰ δωρεὰν ἢ τ. ἔχουσιν παρὰ τῶν Λεβεδίων ''SIG''344.22 (Teos, iv B.C.); <b class="b3">τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τιμὰς</b> φέρονται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 113e.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἡ Δάου τιμή</b> 'the [[worthy]] [[Daos]]', Herod. 5.68.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[worth]], [[value]], [[price]], h.Cer.132, ''IG''12.349.10, 15, al.; <b class="b3">ἐξευρίσκοντες τιμῆς τὰ κάλλιστα</b> at a [[price]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.119; τῆς αὐτῆς τ. [[πωλεῖν]] Lys.22.12; πρίασθαι D.21.149; δεκαπλάσιον τῆς τ. ἀποτίνειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''914c; <b class="b3">ἀποδιδόναι τινὶ τὴν τ.</b> ib.a; <b class="b3">δύο εἰπεῖν τ.</b> to [[name]] two [[price]]s, ib.917b; <b class="b3">ἀξιοῦν τι τ. τινός</b> ib.d; περὶ τῆς τ. διαφέρεσθαι Lys.22.15; <b class="b3">ἐμοὶ δὲ τιμὰ τᾶσδε πᾷ γενήσεται</b>; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''895; <b class="b3">ἑστηκυῖαι τ.</b> fixed [[prices]], PTeb.703.176 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ τιμῆς πυροῦ</b> [[payment]] of [[money]] [[represent]]ing the [[value]] of [[wheat]], ''Ostr.''663 (ii A.D.), al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[valuation]], [[estimate]], for purposes of [[assessment]], τοῦ κλήρου [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''744e: generally, ὁ [[πλοῦτος]] οἷον τιμή τις τῆς [[ἀξία]]ς τῶν ἄλλων Arist.''Rh.''1391a1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[compensation]], [[satisfaction]], [[penalty]], τιμὴν ἀρνύμενοι Μενελάῳ.. πρὸς Τρώων Il.1.159, cf. 5.552; <b class="b3">ἀποτινέμεν, τίνειν τιμήν τινι</b>, [[pay]] or [[make]] it, 3.286,288; τιμὴν ἄγειν Od.22.57; Πάτροκλον, ὃς κεῖται ἐμῆς ἕνεκ' ἐνθάδε τιμῆς Il.17.92, cf. Od.14.70,117; <b class="b3">οὐ σὴ.. ἡ τ.</b> the [[penalty]] is not yours, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 497b. (The spelling [τῑ- not τει- ''IG''12.347.33, etc.] and the majority of the senses show that [[τιμή]] is cogn. with [[τίω]] '[[value]], [[honour]]'; sense III perhaps arose from a later association with [[τίνω]].)