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τίμι-ος

timios

valued, held in honour, worthy, valuable, prized

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What it meant

τίμι-ος · timi-os — LSJ

valued

valued,

I held in honour, worthy

held in honour, worthy, ὅδε πᾶσι φίλος καὶ τ. ἐστι Od. 10.38, cf. Sapph. 10, 105, Alc. 49, Hdt. 9.71, etc.; ἄνδρα τ. A. Ch. 556; γενεᾷ τίμιος [Δανάη] S. l.c.; τίμιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει Pl. Lg. 829d; νηὸν . . πᾶσιν μάλα τ. ἀνθρώποισι h.Ap. 483, cf. Hes. Fr. 134.7, etc.: freq. in Comp. and Sup., τιμιώταται θεῶν A. Eu. 967 (lyr.); πασῶν Ἀθῆναι -ωτάτη πόλις S. OC 108; -ώτερον ἐπιστήμη ὀρθῆς δόξης ἐστί Pl. Men. 98a; as form of address, -ώτατε Dsc. Eup. 1 Prooem.; τῷ -ωτάτῳ χαίρειν Luc. Ep.Sat. 2.25, A.D. Sy

II valuable, prized

of things, valuable, prized, οὐδὲν κτῆμα -ώτερον S. Ant. 702, cf. E. Alc. 301, Ph. 439 (Sup.), Apoc. 17.4.

2 of high price, costly, dear, dearly

of high price, costly, dear, Hdt. 3.23 (Sup.), 8.105 (Comp.), Lys. 22.8, Pl. Euthd. 304b, Prt. 347c, Thphr. Lap. 18 (Sup.); πωλεῖται τίμιος is sold dearly, ib. 31; τίμιον ἀγοράζειν PCair.Zen. 160.10 (iii B.C.); χρυσίον ὅταν πολὺ παραφανῇ, τὸ ἀργύριον -ώτερον ποιεῖ X. Vect. 4.10: Comp. -έστερος dub. in PCair.Zen. 375.13 (iii B.C.). Adv. -ίως, πρίασθαι Lyd. Mag. 3.35.

3 conferring honour, honourable, of honour, honourable, more full of honour, higher

conferring honour, honourable, τιμία ἕδρα a seat of honour, A. Eu. 854, cf. Th. 241 (lyr.); τ. γέρας an honourable privilege, Id. Supp. 986; οὑπιρρέων γὰρ -ώτερος χρόνος ἔσται πολίταις more full of honour, Id. Eu. 853; -ωτέρα χώρα a higher place, X. Cyr. 8.4.10; δῶρα Id. An. 1.2.27: τὰ τίμια, = τιμαί, Pi. Fr. 221 (cj.), SIG 659.8 (Delph., ii B.C.), al., Plb. 6.9.8, Supp.Epigr. 3.468.10, al. (Thess., i B.C.); τὰ τ. τῶν ἱερῶν OGI 90.33 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); also in sg., SIG 591.6 (Lampsacus, ii B.C.

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