# τιμάω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From τῑμή (tīmḗ, “honor”) +‎ -άω (-áō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiː.má.ɔː/ → /tiˈma.o/ → /tiˈma.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /tiː.má.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /tiˈma.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /tiˈma.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /tiˈma.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /tiˈma.o/

### Verb

τῑμᾰ́ω • (tīmáō)
* to pay honor to, to hold in honor, treat honorably, to honor, revere
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.280
** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 20.12
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.4
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.612
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.379
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.203
** 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 532
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.235
** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 9.69
** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 236
** 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 277
** 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1071
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.29
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.3.13
** 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 644
** 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 516
** 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 660
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.107
** 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 1338
** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 15
** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 631E
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.6
** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Evagoras 42
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.213
** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Eratosthenes 64
** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Property of Aristophanes 18
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.2.12
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.2.28
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.2.10
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.4.9
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.155
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.129
** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1051
** 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 116
** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 773
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.58
** 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 220
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.14
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 6.1.6
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.3.3
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.608
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 7.69
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.105
** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 426C
** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 4.77
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.38
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.310
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Ways and Means 3.4
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.4.2
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.16
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.649
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.9
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.8.4
** 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 913
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.63
* (of things) to hold in honor
** Homeric Hymn to the Muses and Apollo 6
** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 6.72
** 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 550
** 415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 1211
** 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 1046
** 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 885
** 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 536
** 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 149c
** 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 1013
** (with genitive of price) to estimate or value
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 917C
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 921B
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.26
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 955D
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 6.23.15
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 954B
*** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Property of Aristophanes 48
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.40
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.33
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.10.10
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1.13
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Androtion 45
*** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 214
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.62.7
*** 4th century BC, Isaeus, Pyrrhus 35
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus 57
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Nicostratus 1
*** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Leviticus 27.8
*** 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 27:9
** (rarely) to award or give as an honor
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.270
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 688
*** 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 514
*** 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 829
* (as an Attic law term)
** (active voice, of the judge) to estimate the amount of punishment due to the criminals, award the penalty
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 843B
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 879B
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 843D
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 880D
*** 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 106
*** 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 847
*** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Epicrates and his Fellow Envoys 7
*** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 516A
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 103
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Zenothemis 15
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Theocrines 31
*** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 151
*** 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 37C
*** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 47
*** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Andocides 22
*** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 47
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 946E
*** 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Choreutes 38
** (middle voice, of the parties before the court)
*** (of the accuser)
**** 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 36B
**** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 486B
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton 1 74
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton 1 83
*** (of the person accused)
**** 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 37B
**** 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Crito 52C
**** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Andocides 21
**** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1375A.1
*** (the accusative of the penalty or offense is added)
**** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cicero 8
**** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Agoratus
**** 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 2.42
**** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Phocion 34

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “τιμάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “τιμάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “τιμάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* τιμάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* τιμάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “τιμάω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G5091 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Etymology

From τιμώ (timó) + modern suffix -άω (-áo). From Ancient Greek τιμῶ (timô), contracted form of τιμάω (timáō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiˈma.o/
* Hyphenation: τι‧μά‧ω

### Verb

τιμάω • (timáo) / τιμώ (past τίμησα, passive τιμώμαι, p‑past τιμήθηκα, ppp τιμημένος)
* to honour (UK), honor (US)
    Tίμα τον πατέρα σου και τη μητέρα σου.Tíma ton patéra sou kai ti mitéra sou.Honour your father and mother.
* to respect
* to commemorate

#### Related terms

* τιμή f (timí, “honour; price”)
* τιμώμαι (timómai) (passive equivalent)