Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τιμητέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τιμητέος τιμητέᾱ τιμητέον

Structure: τιμητε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tima/w의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be honoured, valued
  2. one must honour, esteem, estimate

Examples

  • ὥσπερ ὄρνιθασ εἰσ ἑτέραν χώραν ἀποκεκρυμμένουσ, ἐκθηρατέον, ἀλλὰ πολλοῦ τιμητέον τὸ ἀδικεῖν, μὴ ῥᾳδίωσ μηδ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τυχοῦσιν, ὥσ τι φαῦλον ἢ μικρὸν, προϊεμένουσ τὸ δίκαιον, οἱ δὲ τὴν μὲν τῆσ Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατείασ ὁρμὴν ἐπαινοῦντεσ, τὴν δὲ Κράσσου ψέγοντεσ, οὐκ εὖ τὰ πρῶτα κρίνουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν τελευταίων. (Plutarch, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, chapter 4 5:1)
  • "τιμητέον τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰ τοιουτότροπα, ἐὰν ἡδονὴν παρασκευάζῃ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 67 1:4)
  • "τιμητέον τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰ τοιουτότροπα, ἐὰν ἡδονὴν παρασκευάζῃ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 11 2:1)
  • εἰ δ’ ἄρα τὰ παρ’ ἡμῶν σοι ἀρέσκει, τιμητέον καὶ ἐμὲ μάλιστα. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 2 15:4)
  • οὐκοῦν, ἔφη, ὅσῳ μεγαλοπρεπέστερον <ὂν> ἀξιοῖ σε θεραπεύειν, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον τιμητέον αὐτό. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be honoured

  2. one must honour

Related

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

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