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.
- τετιμηκέναι τὸν Κυνέγειρον. (Lucian, (no name) 53:2)
- "καὶ ἡ Δωδώνη τότε καὶ ἡ Πῖσα λαμπραὶ καὶ περίβλεπτοι πᾶσιν ἦσαν, ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ καπνοῦ τῶν θυσιῶν οὐδὲ ἀναβλέπειν μοι δυνατὸν ἐξ οὗ δὲ ἐν Δελφοῖσ μὲν Ἀπόλλων τὸ μαντεῖον κατεστήσατο, ἐν Περγάμῳ δὲ τὸ ἰατρεῖον ὁ Ἀσκληπιὸσ καὶ τὸ Βενδίδειον ἐγένετο ἐν Θρᾴκῃ καὶ τὸ Ἀνουβίδειον ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, ἐπὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἅπαντεσ θέουσι καὶ πανηγύρεισ ἀνάγουσι καὶ ἑκατόμβασ παριστᾶσι καὶ χρυσᾶσ πλίνθουσ ἀνατιθέασιν ἐμὲ δὲ παρηβηκότα ἱκανῶσ τετιμηκέναι νομίζουσιν, ἂν διὰ πέντε ὅλων ἐτῶν θύσωσιν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 24:8)
- τε καὶ φιλοσοφίασ ἠμεληκέναι καὶ πρεσβυτέρωσ γυμναστικὴν μουσικῆσ τετιμηκέναι. (Plato, Republic, book 8 76:1)
- οὐ μόνον γὰρ τοὺσ κατ’ ἐκείνουσ τοὺσ χρόνουσ τυχόντασ τῆσ δωρεᾶσ ταύτησ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπιγενομένουσ διὰ τὴν ἐν ταῖσ εὑρεθείσαισ τροφαῖσ χάριτα τοὺσ εἰσηγησαμένουσ ὡσ ἐπιφανεστάτουσ θεοὺσ τετιμηκέναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 17 2:3)
- καίτοι πῶσ οὐκ ἀλογία πολλὴ τοὺσ μὲν ἃ τῆσ τοῦ σώματοσ τύχησ ἔχεται μελετῶντασ ἢ τιμῶντασ οὕτω σφόδρα καὶ νῦν καὶ πρότερον τὸ τοῦ λόγου καλὸν καὶ δίκαιον τετιμηκέναι, τοὺσ δ’ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων ἀνέχοντασ καὶ χωρὶσ τῆσ ἐν τούτοισ διατριβῆσ οὐδ’ ἂν ζῆν δεξαμένουσ οὕτωσ ἀργῶσ, μᾶλλον δ’ ἀδίκωσ ἔχειν, ὥσθ’ ἑνὶ πιστῷ χρῆσθαι περὶ ἁπάντων, ἄν τισ φθάσῃ γενόμενοσ, καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα ἀντὶ τῆσ ἀληθείασ θαυμάζειν αἱρεῖσθαι, ὥσπερ νομίσαι δέον, οὐχ εὑρεῖν τὸ βέλτιον· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:2)
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)
