τιμή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τῖμος (tîmos) — poetic
• τειμή (teimḗ) — Koine
• τῑμᾱ́ (tīmā́) — Doric

Etymology

From τῑ́ω (tī́ō), equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-meh₂-, from *kʷey- (“value; honor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tiː.mɛ̌ː/ → /tiˈmi/ → /tiˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tiː.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tiˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tiˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tiˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈmi/

Noun

τῑμή • (tīmḗ) f (genitive τῑμῆς); first declension

1. honor; worship; esteem
2. high office; dignity
3. gift; offering
4. worth; value
5. price

Declension

First declension of ἡ τῑμή; τῆς τῑμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῑμή hē tīmḗ	τὼ τῑμᾱ́ tṑ tīmā́	αἱ τῑμαί hai tīmaí
Genitive	τῆς τῑμῆς tês tīmês	τοῖν τῑμαῖν toîn tīmaîn	τῶν τῑμῶν tôn tīmôn
Dative	τῇ τῑμῇ tēî tīmēî	τοῖν τῑμαῖν toîn tīmaîn	ταῖς τῑμαῖς taîs tīmaîs
Accusative	τὴν τῑμήν tḕn tīmḗn	τὼ τῑμᾱ́ tṑ tīmā́	τᾱ̀ς τῑμᾱ́ς tā̀s tīmā́s
Vocative	τῑμή tīmḗ	τῑμᾱ́ tīmā́	τῑμαί tīmaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of τῑμή; τῑμῆς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τῑμή tīmḗ	τῑμᾱ́ tīmā́	τῑμαί tīmaí
Genitive	τῑμῆς tīmês	τῑμαῖῐ̈ν tīmaîĭ̈n	τῑμᾱ́ων / τῑμέων / τῑμῶν tīmā́ōn / tīméōn / tīmôn
Dative	τῑμῇ tīmēî	τῑμαῖῐ̈ν tīmaîĭ̈n	τῑμῇσῐ / τῑμῇσῐν / τῑμῇς / τῑμαῖς tīmēîsĭ(n) / tīmēîs / tīmaîs
Accusative	τῑμήν tīmḗn	τῑμᾱ́ tīmā́	τῑμᾱ́ς tīmā́s
Vocative	τῑμή tīmḗ	τῑμᾱ́ tīmā́	τῑμαί tīmaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓ρῐστότῑμος (Ărĭstótīmos)
• Ᾰ̓ρχέτῑμος (Ărkhétīmos)
• ᾰ̓́τῑμος (ắtīmos)
• ἔντῑμος (éntīmos)
• πᾰ́ντῑμος (pắntīmos)
• Τῑμᾰ́νδρᾱ (Tīmắndrā)
• Τῑ́μᾰνδρος (Tī́măndros)
• Τῑμᾰ́νθης (Tīmắnthēs)
• Τῑμᾱ́νωρ (Tīmā́nōr)
• τῑμᾰ́ορος (tīmắoros)
• τῑμᾰ́οχος (tīmắokhos)
• Τῑ́μᾰρχος (Tī́mărkhos)
• τῑμᾰ́ω (tīmắō)
• τῑμᾰ́ωρ (tīmắōr)
• τῑμήορος (tīmḗoros)
• τῑ́μῐος (tī́mĭos)
• Τῑμόδημος (Tīmódēmos)
• Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos)
• Τῑμοκρᾰ́της (Tīmokrắtēs)
• Τῑμοκρέων (Tīmokréōn)
• Τῑμολέων (Tīmoléōn)
• Τῑμόξενος (Tīmóxenos)
• Τῑμοσθένης (Tīmosthénēs)
• τῑμοῦχος (tīmoûkhos)
• Τῑμοφᾰ́νης (Tīmophắnēs)
• Τῑμοχᾰ́ρης (Tīmokhắrēs)
• Τῑμόχᾰρῐς (Tīmókhărĭs)
• Τῑ́μων (Tī́mōn)
• Τῑμῶνᾰξ (Tīmônăx)
• τῑμωρῐ́ᾱ (tīmōrĭ́ā)
• τῑμωρῐ́η (tīmōrĭ́ē)
• τῑμωρός (tīmōrós)
• τῑμῶχος (tīmôkhos)
• Φερετῑ́μη (Pheretī́mē)
• φῐλότῑμος (phĭlótīmos)

Further reading

• “τιμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τιμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τιμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τιμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• τιμή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5092 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adoration idem, page 13.
  • appreciation idem, page 36.
  • charge idem, page 125.
  • cost idem, page 176.
  • degree idem, page 206.
  • dignity idem, page 224.
  • distinction idem, page 241.
  • esteem idem, page 283.
  • exaltation idem, page 287.
  • fame idem, page 304.
  • glory idem, page 363.
  • greatness idem, page 372.
  • height idem, page 394.
  • high rank idem, page 399.
  • homage idem, page 403.
  • honour idem, page 404.
  • magistracy idem, page 507.
  • nobility idem, page 559.
  • office idem, page 571.
  • ovation idem, page 584.
  • popularity idem, page 626.
  • pre-eminence idem, page 632.
  • prerogative idem, page 636.
  • price idem, page 640.
  • promotion idem, page 653.
  • rate idem, page 673.
  • renown idem, page 695.
  • reputation idem, page 699.
  • respect idem, page 703.
  • reverence idem, page 709.
  • title idem, page 878.
  • value idem, page 943.
  • veneration idem, page 946.
  • worship idem, page 990.
  • worth idem, page 990.
• τιμή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τιμή (timḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: τι‧μή

Noun

τιμή • (timí) f (plural τιμές)

1. (economics, finance) price, value (of something, asset, fare, etc)

   Synonyms: τίμημα (tímima), αξία (axía), αντίτιμο (antítimo)

   Η προτεινόμενη λιανική τιμή είναι 19,50€. ― I proteinómeni lianikí timí eínai 19,50€. ― The suggested retail price is €19.50.

2. (economics, finance) quotation
3. honour, virtue, reputation
4. faithfulness, virginity, fidelity
5. pride, credit
6. (mathematics, computing) value of a variable
7. (physics) coefficient

Declension

Declension of τιμή

	singular	plural
nominative	τιμή (timí)	τιμές (timés)
genitive	τιμής (timís)	τιμών (timón)
accusative	τιμή (timí)	τιμές (timés)
vocative	τιμή (timí)	τιμές (timés)

Coordinate terms

• κόστος m (kóstos, “cost, cost price”)
• δαπάνη f (dapáni, “expenditure, payment”)

Related terms

• ανατίμηση f (anatímisi, “price rise”)
• ανατιμητικός (anatimitikós, “upward”)
• ανατιμώ (anatimó, “to mark up”)
• ανεκτίμητος (anektímitos, “priceless”)
• ανισότιμος (anisótimos, “unequal price”)
• αξετίμητος (axetímitos, “priceless”)
• τίμημα n (tímima, “value”)
• τιμολόγιο n (timológio, “invoice”)
• υποτιμώ (ypotimó, “to mark down”)