τιμή

I. worship, esteem, honour, and in pl. honours, such as are accorded to gods or to superiors, or bestowed (whether by gods or men) as a reward for services, τιμῆς ἔμμοροί εἰσι Od. 8.480; ὄφρ’ ἂν Ἀχαιοὶ υἱὸν ἐμὸν τίσωσιν ὀφέλλωσίν τέ ἑ τιμῇ Il. 1.510; ἐκ δὲ Διὸς τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ 17.251; ἐν δὲ ἰῇ τ. ἠμὲν κακὸς ἠδὲ καὶ ἐσθλός 9.319, cf. 4.410; ἐν τ. σέβειν A. Pers. 166 (troch.); ἐν τ. ἄγεσθαί τινας Hdt. 1.134; ἐν τ. τίθεσθαι or ἄγειν τινά, Id. 3.3, Pl. R. 538e; ἐν τιμαῖς ἔχειν Philem. 199; τιμαῖς αὐξήσας τινάς X. Cyr. 8.8.24; τιμὴν νεῖμαι, ἀπονέμειν τινί, S. Ph. 1062, Pl. Lg. 837c; τοῖς φίλοις τιμὰς νέμειν pay due regard, S. Aj. 1351; τιμὰς ὤπασας, πορών, A. Pr. 30,946; διδόναι E. Hipp. 1424, etc.; ἀποδοῦναι Pl. R. 415c; τὸ πρᾶγμ’ ἐμοὶ τιμὴν φέρει E. Hipp. 329; τινὶ τιμὰς προσάπτειν S. El. 356; ἀφύων τιμὴν περιάψας Ar. Ach. 640 (anap.); τ. εὑρίσκεσθαι, δέκεσθαι, Pi. P. 1.48, 8.5; τιμὴν παρ’ ἀνθρώποις φέρεσθαι Ar. Av. 1278; τιμὰς ἔχειν Hdt. 2.46, etc.; πρός τινος Id. 1.120; ἐν μεγάλῃτιμῇ εἶναι X. An. 2.5.38; τιμῆς λαχεῖν, τυχεῖν, S. Ant. 699, El. 364 (v.l.); οἱ γεραίτεροι ταῖς τῶν νέων τιμαῖς ἀγάλλονται paid to them by the young, X. Mem. 2.1.33: c. gen., χωρὶς ἡ τ. θεῶν the honour due to them, A. Ag. 637, cf. Ch. 200; τιμὰς τὰς θεῶν πατεῖν S. Ant. 745; τιμαὶ δαιμόνων E. Hipp. 107: τιμῇ with honour, honourably, S. OC 381 codd.; τιμῆς ἕνεκα as a mark of honour, X. An. 7.3.28; τιμῇ προέξουσ’ S. Ant. 208.

2. honour, dignity, lordship, as the attribute of gods or kings, Il. 1.278, 9.498, etc.; θεῶν ἒξ ἔμμορε τιμῆς Od. 5.335; τ. βασιληΐς Il. 6.193, cf. Hes. Th. 393, Pi. P. 4.108, A. Eu. 228 (pl.); Περσονόμος τ. μεγάλη Id. Pers. 919 (anap.); δίθρονος . . καὶ δίσκηπτρος τ. Id. Ag. 44 (anap.): generally, like γέρας, prerogative or special attribute of a king, and in pl. his prerogatives, Od. 1.117, Hes. Th. 203, Thgn. 374, S. OT 909 (lyr.), etc.; βασιλικαὶ τ. imperial prerogatives, Hdn. 7.10.5; σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ’ ἀποσυλᾶται A. Pr. 172 (anap.).

3. a dignity, office, magistracy, and in pl., civic honours (τιμὰς λέγομεν εἶναι τὰς ἀρχάς Arist. Pol. 1281a31), Hdt. 1.59, etc.; ἔν τε ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις τ. Pl. Ap. 35b, cf. Ti. 20a, etc.; μὴ φεύγειν τοὺς πόνους, ἢ μηδὲ τὰς τ. διώκειν Th. 2.63; τιμὴν ἔχειν X. Cyr. 1.3.8, etc.; τὴν τιμὴν εἴληχε Pl. Phlb. 61c; οἱ ἐν τιμαῖς men in office, E. IA 19 (anap.), cf. Isoc. 9.81; ἐκβαλῶ σε ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς X. Cyr. 1.3.9; τιμὰς ἴσχειν hold the office of τιμοῦχος (q.v.), Jahresh. 12.136 (Erythrae, v/iv B.C.): generally, office, task, ἄχαρις τιμή Hdt. 7.36:—also,

b. a person in authority, an authority, κλῦτε δὲ Γᾶ (Ahrens for τὰ)χθονίων τε τιμαί A. Ch. 399 (lyr.); καὶ τὰ καρτερώτατα τιμαῖς ὑπείκει yield to authorities, S. Aj. 670.

4. present of honour, compliment, offering, e.g. to the gods, Hes. Op. 142, A. Pers. 622; reward, present, ἢ ἀργύριον ἢ τιμή Pl. R. 347a; τιμαὶ καὶ δωρεαί ib.361c; ὅσοι . . ἄλλην τινὰ δωρεὰν ἢ τ. ἔχουσιν παρὰ τῶν Λεβεδίων SIG 344.22 (Teos, iv B.C.); τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τιμὰς φέρονται Pl. Phd. 113e.

5. ἡ Δάου τ. 'the worthy D.', Herod. 5.68.

II. of things, worth, value, price, h.Cer. 132, IG 12.349.10, 15, al.; ἐξευρίσκοντες τιμῆς τὰ κάλλιστα at a price, Hdt. 7.119; τῆς αὐτῆς τ. πωλεῖν Lys. 22.12; πρίασθαι D. 21.149; δεκαπλάσιον τῆς τ. ἀποτίνειν Pl. Lg. 914c; ἀποδιδόναι τινὶ τὴν τ. ib.a; δύο εἰπεῖν τ. to name two prices, ib.917b; ἀξιοῦν τι τ. τινός ib.d; περὶ τῆς τ. διαφέρεσθαι Lys. 22.15; ἐμοὶ δὲ τιμὰ τᾶσδε πᾷ γενήσεται; Ar. Ach. 895; ἑστηκυῖαι τ. fixed prices, PTeb. 703.176 (iii B.C.); ὑπὲρ τιμῆς πυροῦ payment of money representing the value of wheat, Ostr. 663 (ii A.D.), al.

2. valuation, estimate, for purposes of assessment, τοῦ κλήρου Pl. Lg. 744e: generally, ὁ πλοῦτος οἷον τιμή τις τῆς ἀξίας τῶν ἄλλων Arist. Rh. 1391a1.

III. compensation, satisfaction, penalty, τιμὴν ἀρνύμενοι Μενελάῳ . . πρὸς Τρώων Il. 1.159, cf. 5.552; ἀποτινέμεν, τίνειν τιμήν τινι, pay or make it, 3.286,288; τιμὴν ἄγειν Od. 22.57; Πάτροκλον, ὃς κεῖται ἐμῆς ἕνεκ’ ἐνθάδε τιμῆς Il. 17.92, cf. Od. 14.70,117; οὐ σὴ . . ἡ τ. the penalty is not yours, Pl. Grg. 497b. (The spelling [τι‐ not τει‐ IG 12.347.33, etc.] and the majority of the senses show that τιμή is cogn. with τίω 'value, honour'; sense 111 perh. arose from a later association with τίνω.)