Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυτίμητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυτίμητος πολυτίμητον

Structure: πολυτιμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti_ma/w

Sense

  1. highly honoured, most honoured
  2. very costly

Examples

  • ἡ Βενδῖσ δὲ αὕτη καὶ ὁ Ἄνουβισ ἐκεινοσὶ καὶ παρ’ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἄττισ καὶ ὁ Μίθρησ καὶ ὁ Μὴν ὁλόχρυσοι καὶ βαρεῖσ καὶ πολυτίμητοι ὡσ ἀληθῶσ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 8:2)
  • ἔλθετε δῆτ’ ὦ πολυτίμητοι Νεφέλαι τῷδ’ εἰσ ἐπίδειξιν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests5)
  • καὶ σέβομαί γ’ ὦ πολυτίμητοι καὶ βούλομαι ἀνταποπαρδεῖν πρὸσ τὰσ βροντάσ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests3)
  • νὴ Δί’ ἔγωγ’, ὦ πολυτίμητοι· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests17)
  • ἀλλ’ ὦ πολυτίμητοι θεοὶ ξύγγνωτέ μοι· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:60)

Synonyms

  1. very costly

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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