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; “ὄφρ᾽ 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 πρᾶγμ᾽ 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 παρ᾽ 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.OC381 codd.; τιμῆς ἕνεκα as a mark of honour, X.An.7.3.28; “τιμῇ προέξουσ᾽” 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.OT909 (lyr.), etc.; βασιλικαὶ τ. imperial prerogatives, Hdn.7.10.5; “σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ᾽ 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.IA19 (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” SIG344.22 (Teos, iv B.C.); τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τιμὰς “φέρονται” Pl.Phd.113e.
II. of things, worth, value, price, h.Cer.132, IG12.349.10, 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 ἕνεκ᾽ ἐνθάδε τιμῆς” Il.17.92, cf. Od.14.70,117; οὐ σὴ . . ἡ τ. the penalty is not yours, Pl.Grg.497b. (The spelling [τι_- not “τει-” IG12.347.33, etc.] and the majority of the senses show that τιμή is cogn. with τίω 'value, honour'; sense 111 perh. arose from a later association with τίνω.)
