τίμι-ος [τῑ], α, ον,
[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 347c, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ος, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 948 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283a36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.651 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (τιμή):— valued,
__I held in honour, worthy, ὅδε πᾶσι φίλος καὶ τ. ἐστι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.38, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 10, 105, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 49, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.71, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄνδρα τ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 556 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γενεᾷ τίμιος [Δανάη] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus [same place]; τίμιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829d; νηὸν.. πᾶσιν μάλα τ. ἀνθρώποισι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 483, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 134.7, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in comparative and superlative, τιμιώταται θεῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 967 (Lyric poetry); πασῶν Ἀθῆναι -ωτάτη πόλις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 108; -ώτερον ἐπιστήμη ὀρθῆς δόξης ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 98a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as form of address, -ώτατε[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1 “Prooem.”; τῷ -ωτάτῳ χαίρειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ep.Sat.” 2.25, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 41.2, “Sammelb.” 7347.29 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II of things, valuable, prized, οὐδὲν κτῆμα -ώτερον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 702, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 301, “Ph.” 439 (_superlative_), NT.Rev.17.4. ] NT+5th c.BC+]