τιμάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τιμάω
τιμήσω
ἐτίμησα
τετίμηκα
τετίμημαι
ἐτιμήθην
Structure:
τιμά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to pay honor to, to hold in honor, treat honorably, to honor, revere
- (of things) to hold in honor
- (with genitive of price) to estimate or value
- (rarely) to award or give as an honor
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀλλὰ γάρ, ἔφη, θαυμάζω ὅτι εἰ μέν τινι ὑμῶν ἀπηχθόμην, μέμνησθε καὶ οὐ σιωπᾶτε, εἰ δέ τῳ ἢ χειμῶνα ἐπεκούρησα ἢ πολέμιον ἀπήρυξα ἢ ἀσθενοῦντι ἢ ἀποροῦντι συνεξεπόρισά τι, τούτων δὲ οὐδεὶσ μέμνηται, οὐδ’ εἴ τινα καλῶσ τι ποιοῦντα ἐπῄνεσα οὐδ’ εἴ τινα ἄνδρα ὄντα ἀγαθὸν ἐτίμησα ὡσ ἐδυνάμην, οὐδὲν τούτων μέμνησθε. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 8 26:1)
- ὁ δὲ εἶπε "ὦ δέσποτα, ἐάσασ με χαριεῖ μάλιστα τὸν θεὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, τὸν ἐγὼ ἐτίμησα θεῶν μάλιστα, ἐπειρέσθαι πέμψαντα τάσδε τὰσ πέδασ, εἰ ἐξαπατᾶν τοὺσ εὖ ποιεῦντασ νόμοσ ἐστί οἱ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 90 3:1)
- εἰ τοίνυν τισ καὶ τοιοῦτοσ ἐγγένοιτο οἱο͂σ ῥητορικὴν ἔχων εἰσ μὲν δήμουσ ῥᾳδίωσ μὴ εἰσιέναι, μηδὲ περὶ πολιτείασ ἀμφισβητεῖν ὁρῶν ἑτέρωσ ἔχοντα τὰ πράγματα, καὶ ταῦτα οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοισ ὢν δόξησ ἕνεκα καὶ τιμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπικαίρων φιλοτιμιῶν, αὐτὸσ δὲ ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῦ τοῖσ λόγοισ χρῷτο, τὴν αὐτῶν φύσιν καὶ τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖσ καλὸν τετιμηκὼσ, καὶ θεὸν ἡγεμόνα καὶ προστάτην ἐπιγραψάμενοσ τοῦ τε βίου καὶ τῶν λόγων, οὐδὲ τούτῳ χαλεπὸν πρὸσ Πλάτωνα ἀντειπεῖν, ἀλλ’ οὗτοσ ἂν καὶ πολὺ καλλίστων καὶ δικαιοτάτων εὐπορήσειε λόγων, ὅτι, ὦ θαυμάσιε, ἐγὼ ταύτην τὴν δύναμιν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐτίμησα καὶ περὶ πλείστου πάντων κερδῶν καὶ πραγμάτων ἐποιησάμην, οὐχ ἵνα τὸν δῆμον κολακεύω οὐδ’ ἵνα τῶν πολλῶν στοχάζωμαι οὐδὲ ἀργυρίου χάριν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅστισ πρὸσ τοῦτο ὁρᾷ καὶ τῶν διδόντων ἐστὶ, μισθωτὸν καλῶ τοῦτον, οὐ ῥήτορα, καὶ πολλοῖσ ἑτέροισ φημὶ λελοιπέναι τόπον ἀμφισβητεῖν εὐδαιμονίασ, εἰ ταύτῃ σεμνύνεται, ἀλλ’ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν τῶν λόγων ἀχθεὶσ καὶ νομίσασ εἶναι πρέπον ἀνθρώπῳ κτῆμα λόγουσ καλοὺσ, οὕτωσ ἐργάζομαι κατὰ δύναμιν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 107:1)
Synonyms
-
to pay honor to
-
to hold in honor
-
to estimate or value
-
to award or give as an honor
Derived
- ἀποτιμάω (to put away from honour, to dishonour, slight)
- ἐκπροτιμάω (to honour above all)
- ἐκτιμάω (to honour highly)
- ἐπιτιμάω (to lay a value upon, to show honor to, to raise in price)
- προσαποτιμάω (to estimate besides)
- προστιμάω (to award further penalty, to adjudge, as a debt)
- προτιμάω (to honour, before or above, to prefer)
- συντιμάω (to honour together or alike, to estimate together, they fixed this as the estimate of)
- ὑπερτιμάω (to honour exceedingly)
