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.
- ἴστε γὰρ δήπου τοῦθ’ ὅτι τῶν τὰ δεινόταθ’ ἡμᾶσ ἀδικούντων ἓν ἑκάστῳ τίμημ’ ὑπάρχει διὰ τὸν νόμον, ὃσ διαρρήδην λέγει μηδὲ ὡσ χρὴ τίμημ’ ὑπάρχειν ἐπὶ κρίσει πλέον ἢ ἕν, ὁπότερον ἂν τὸ δικαστήριον τιμήσῃ, παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 208:2)
- ἐὰν δὲ ξένοσ ἢ τῶν μετοίκων τισ τύπτῃ τὸν πρεσβύτερον εἴκοσιν ἔτεσιν ἢ πλείοσιν ἑαυτοῦ, περὶ μὲν τῶν παραγενομένων τῆσ βοηθείασ ὁ αὐτὸσ νόμοσ ἐχέτω τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν, ὁ δὲ τὴν τοιαύτην δίκην ἡττηθείσ, ξένοσ μὲν ὢν καὶ μὴ σύνοικοσ, δύο ἔτη δεδεμένοσ ἐκτινέτω ταύτην αὐτὴν τὴν δίκην, ὁ δὲ μέτοικόσ τε ὢν καὶ ἀπειθῶν τοῖσ νόμοισ τρία ἔτη δεδέσθω, ἐὰν μὴ τὸ δικαστήριον πλείονοσ αὐτῷ χρόνου τιμήσῃ τὴν δίκην. (Plato, Laws, book 9 177:2)
- ὁ πωλῶν ὁτιοῦν ἐν ἀγορᾷ μηδέποτε δύο εἴπῃ τιμὰσ ὧν ἂν πωλῇ, ἁπλῆν δὲ εἰπών, ἂν μὴ τυγχάνῃ ταύτησ, ἀποφέρων ὀρθῶσ ἂν ἀποφέροι πάλιν, καὶ ταύτησ τῆσ ἡμέρασ μὴ τιμήσῃ πλέονοσ μηδὲ ἐλάττονοσ, ἔπαινοσ δὲ ὁρ́κοσ τε περὶ παντὸσ τοῦ πωλουμένου ἀπέστω· (Plato, Laws, book 11 28:3)
- ἐὰν δ’ ἐπαιτιώμενοσ ὁ δεσπότησ κοινῇ τοῦ βλάψαντοσ τέχνῃ καὶ τοῦ βλαβέντοσ ἐπ’ ἀποστερήσει φῇ τοῦ δούλου γεγονέναι τὴν αἰτίαν, διαδικαζέσθω μὲν κακοτεχνιῶν τῷ φάσκοντι βλαβῆναι, καὶ ἐὰν ἕλῃ, διπλασίαν τῆσ ἀξίασ τοῦ δούλου κομιζέσθω ἧσ ἂν τιμήσῃ τὸ δικαστήριον, ἐὰν δὲ ἡττηθῇ, τήν τε βλάβην ἐξιάσθω καὶ τὸν δοῦλον παραδότω. (Plato, Laws, book 11 158:1)
- ἄλλοι μέν ῥα θεοί τε καὶ ἀνέρεσ ἱπποκορυσταὶ εὗδον παννύχιοι, Δία δ’ οὐκ ἔχε νήδυμοσ ὕπνοσ, ἀλλ’ ὅ γε μερμήριζε κατὰ φρένα ὡσ Ἀχιλῆα τιμήσῃ, ὀλέσῃ δὲ πολέασ ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 2:1)
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)
