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τι?μ-ημα , ατος, τό,
A.honouring, tending, “τύμβουA.Ch.511.
2. estimate, valuation, “τ. τῆς ἀξίαςE.Hipp.622; “τὸ τ. ἐστι τῆς χώρας ἑξακις χιλίων ταλάντωνD.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 σύκινοςAr.V.897; τί τίμημ᾽ ἐπιγράψω τῇ δίκῃ; Id.Pl.480, cf. Lys.27.16, etc.; “καὶ ἐγώ τε τῷ τ. ἐμμένω, καὶ οὗτοιPl.Ap.39b; “τ. δὲ [ἔστω], τι χρὴ πάσχειν ἀποτίνεινId.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 ὑποστάσεωςPStrassb.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, IG12.98.11, 22.2498.8, Lys.17.7, 19.48, Pl.Lg.945a, etc.; ἀπὸ τιμημάτων πολιτεία a government where the magistrates were chosen according to property, a timocracy, Id.R.550c; “ἐκ τιμημάτων αἱ ἀρχαὶ καθίστανταιX.Mem. 4.6.12, cf. Pl.Lg.698b; “ἀπὸ τ. μακρῶν αἱ μεθέξεις τῶν ἀρχῶνArist.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 τίμημαD. 27.9.
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    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 480
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    • Plato, Republic, 550c
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