τιμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-mā-, from *kʷei- "value, honor".

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ti͜imɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tiːméː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /timí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /timí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /timí/

Noun

τιμή (genitive τιμῆς) f, first declension; (tīmē)

1. honor, worship, esteem
2. high office
3. gift, offering
4. worth, value

Inflection

First declension of τῑμή, τῑμῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τῑμή	τῑμά	τῑμαί
Genitive	τῑμῆς	τῑμαῖν	τῑμῶν
Dative	τῑμῇ	τῑμαῖν	τῑμαῖς
Accusative	τῑμήν	τῑμά	τῑμάς
Vocative	τῑμή	τῑμά	τῑμαί

Related terms

• τίω

Derived terms

• τιμάω

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5092

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τιμή.

Noun

τιμή (timí) f,   plural τιμές

1. honour, virtue, reputation
2. marital fidelity, virginity
3. reputation, or conduct resulting in a good reputation
4. pride
5. (mathematics, computing) the value of a variable
6. (physics) coefficient
7. (economics, finance) the price or value of an asset
8. (economics, finance) quote

Declension

declension of τιμή

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	τιμή	τιμές
genitive (γενική)	τιμής	τιμών
accusative (αιτιατική)	τιμή	τιμές
vocative (κλητική)	τιμή	τιμές

See also

• κόστος (kóstos) m (cost, cost price)
• δαπάνη (dapáni) f (expenditure, payment)
• τίμημα (tímima) n (price)
• αντίτιμο (antítimo) n (price)