LogeionPerseus analysis of τιμήν:
τῑμήν,τιμή (worship, esteem, honour): fem acc sg (attic epic ionic)
LSJ entry
τῑμή
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, 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. 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.)