τίμημα

A. honouring, tending, τύμβου A. Ch. 511.

2. estimate, valuation, τ. τῆς ἀξίας E. Hipp. 622; τὸ τ. ἐστι τῆς χώρας ἑξακις χιλίων ταλάντων D. 14.19, cf. Docum.ib.18.55, POxy. 1274.14 (iii A.D.), etc.

3. payment, τίμαμα jοίσοντι will make payment, Tab.Heracl. 1.150, cf. PGrenf. 2.67.12 (iii A.D.); τὸ τ. ἔχων having received the price, Alciphr. 3.47; pretium = τ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις καταβαλλόμενον, Gloss.

4. in legal sense, estimate of damages done: hence, penalty, punishment, fine, τ. κλῳὸς σύκινος Ar. V. 897; τί τίμημ’ ἐπιγράψω τῇ δίκῃ; Id. Pl. 480, cf. Lys. 27.16, etc.; καὶ ἐγώ τε τῷ τ. ἐμμένω, καὶ οὗτοι Pl. Ap. 39b; τ. δὲ [ἔστω], ὅ τι χρὴ πάσχειν ἢ ἀποτίνειν Id. Lg. 941a; τιμάτω τὸ δικαστήριον τὸ τ. ib.907e, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναβάς rising to speak on the matter of the penalty, D. 19.290; πρᾶξαι Πειθίαν τὸ τ. τῆς ὕβρεως καὶ ἀποδοῦναί μοι the damages for the assault, PEnteux. 74.17 (iii B.C.).

5. cost, expense, τῷ ἑαυτῆς τ. at her own expense, POxy. 1208.4 (iii A.D.); κινδύνῳ καὶ πόρῳ καὶ τ. τῆς παντοίας μου ὑποστάσεως PStrassb. 40.20 (vi A.D.), cf. PFlor. 297.27 (vi A.D.).

6. in political sense, the value at which a citizen's property was rated for taxation, his rateable property, IG 12.98.11, 22.2498.8, Lys. 17.7, 19.48, Pl. Lg. 945a, etc.; ἡ ἀπὸ τιμημάτων πολιτεία a government where the magistrates were chosen according to property, a timocracy, Id. R. 550c; ἐκ τιμημάτων αἱ ἀρχαὶ καθίστανται X. Mem. 4.6.12, cf. Pl. Lg. 698b; ἀπὸ τ. μακρῶν αἱ μεθέξεις τῶν ἀρχῶν Arist. Pol. 1278a23; ἐκκλησιάζειν οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τιμήματος οὐθενὸς οἱ δ’ ἀπὸ μακροῦ τ. ib.1294b3; δημοκρατικὸν τὸ μὴ ἀπὸ τιμήματος ὀλιγαρχικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ τ. ib. line 9, cf. 1306b13: the τ. was calculated at so many years' purchase of the οὐσία, πεντεκαίδεκα ταλάντων τρία τάλαντα τίμημα D. 27.9.