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ἀτιμάζω ἄτιμος

I.to hold in no honour, to esteem lightly, dishonour, slight, c. acc., Hom., attic: so in Mid., Soph.:—c. acc. cogn., ἔπη ἀτιμάζεις πόλιν thou speakest words in dishonour of the city, id=Soph.:—Pass. to suffer dishonour, Hdt., attic
2.c. gen. rei, ἀτ. λόγου to treat as unworthy of speech, Aesch.; ἀτ. ὧν ἀτ. τούτων , Soph.:—also, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσηις τὸ μὴ οὐ θανεῖν deem me not unworthy to die, id=Aesch.; οὐκ ἀτιμάσω προσειπεῖν will not disdain to . . , Eur.
II.= ἀτιμόω in legal sense, to deprive of civil rights, Xen.

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