The corpus record

τῑμαλφ-έω

timalpheo

do honour to

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Where it lives

Eumenides 3 · 5.72/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

τῑμαλφ-έω · timalph-eō — LSJ

do honour to, celebrate

do honour to, τ. λόγοις νίκαν Pi. N. 9.54; θεοὺς τοῖσδε τ. χρεών A. Ag. 922; μολόντα τ. celebrate any oneʼs arrival, Id. Eu. 15:—Pass., σκήπτροισι τιμαλφούμενος ib. 626; ὑπʼ ἀστῶν . . τ. ib. 807:— rare in Prose, τ. τοὺς θεούς Arist. Pol. 1336b19; and in later Poetry, τ. τὰν σὰν . . θυμέλαν Sammelb. 6699.2 (iii B.C.):—Epich. (Fr. 214) ridiculed Aeschylus for his use of this word.

In the wild

τιμαλφεῖν · timalphein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 922
τιμαλφουμένας · timalphoumenas Aeschylus, Eumenides 804–807
τιμαλφεῖ · timalphei Aeschylus, Eumenides 15–16
τιμαλφούμενον · timalphoumenon Aeschylus, Eumenides 625–630
τιμαλφεῖν · timalphein Aristotle, Politics 1336b (DIORISIS sentence 2959)

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