τιμή

τιμή, ἡ, (τίω, v. ad fin.). 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; ὄφρʼ 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 πρᾶγμʼ 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 παρʼ 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 προέξουσʼ 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 τʼ 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.ʼ, 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 ἕνεκʼ ἐνθάδε τιμῆς Il. 17.92, cf. Od. 14.70,117; οὐ σὴ . . ἡ τ. the penalty is not yours, Pl. Grg. 497b. (The spelling [τῑ- not τει- IG 12.347.33, etc.] and the majority of the senses show that τιμή is cogn. with τίω ‘value, honourʼ; sense III perh. arose from a later association with τίνω.)