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τίμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τίμιος τίμιᾱ τίμιον

Structure: τιμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti_mh/

Sense

  1. valued
  2. held in honour, honoured, worthy
  3. costly, prized, costly, dear
  4. conferring honour, honourable

Examples

  • Υἱοὶ Σιὼν οἱ τίμιοι, οἱ ἐπῃρμένοι ἐν χρυσίῳ, πῶσ ἐλογίσθησαν εἰσ ἀγγεῖα ὀστράκινα, ἔργα χειρῶν κεραμέωσ̣ (Septuagint, Lamentationes 4:2)
  • καὶ ἡδέωσ μὲν τῶν παλαιῶν πράξεων μέμνηνται, εὖ δὲ τὰσ παρούσασ ἥδονται πράττοντεσ, δι’ ἐμὲ φίλοι μὲν θεοῖσ ὄντεσ, ἀγαπητοὶ δὲ φίλοισ, τίμιοι δὲ πατρίσιν· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 34:5)
  • καὶ οἱ μὲν εἰδότεσ ὅ τι ποιοῦσιν, ἐπιτυγχάνοντεσ ὧν πράττουσιν, εὔδοξοί τε καὶ τίμιοι γίγνονται· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 2 29:1)
  • ἔτι τοίνυν εἰ χρυσοῖ ἢ ἀργυροῖ ἢ ἐλεφάντινοι, εἰ δὲ βούλει, γενναῖοι ἢ σοφοὶ ἢ τίμιοι ἢ γέροντέσ γε ἢ νέοι ἢ ἄλλο ὅτι βούλει τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποισ ἀμφότεροι τύχοιμεν ὄντεσ, ἆρ’ οὐ μεγάλη ἀνάγκη καὶ ἑκάτερον ἡμῶν τοῦτο εἶναι; (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 121:2)
  • πάνυ γὰρ ἇνδρεσ οὗτοι παντοῖοι φανταζόμενοι διὰ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ἄγνοιαν "ἐπιστρωφῶσι πόληασ," οἱ μὴ πλαστῶσ ἀλλ’ ὄντωσ φιλόσοφοι, καθορῶντεσ ὑψόθεν τὸν τῶν κάτω βίον, καὶ τοῖσ μὲν δοκοῦσιν εἶναι τοῦ μηδενὸσ τίμιοι, τοῖσ δ’ ἄξιοι τοῦ παντόσ· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. valued

  2. held in honour

  3. costly

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

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