τιμάω τιμή to pay honour to, hold in honour, to honour, revere, reverence, Hom., Hdt., Attic:— absol. to bestow honours, Dem.:—hence, simply, to reward, Hdt., Xen.:—Pass. to be honoured, held in honour, Hdt.; c. gen. rei, τιμῆς τετιμῆσθαι to be held worthy of honour, Il. of things, to hold in honour, value, prize, Pind., Eur.:—also = προτιμάω, to prefer, Aesch. c. gen. pretii, to estimate, value or assess at a certain price, Thuc.:—so in Mid., Xen., etc. rarely, to give as an honour, Pind., Soph. as Attic law-term: in Act., of the judge, to estimate the amount of punishment due to the criminals, award the penalty, Lat. litem aestimare, Plat.; τ. τὴν μακράν τινι to award him the long line, i. e. sentence of death, Ar.; absol., τιμᾶν βλέπω I carry penalty in my eyes, Ar.:—the sentence awarded in gen., τ. τινί θανάτου (sc. δίκην) to give sentence of death against a man, i. e. to condemn him to death, Plat., Dem.; τίνος τιμήσειν αὐτῶι προσδοκᾶις τὸ δικαστήριον; at what do you expect the court to fix his penalty? Dem.:—Pass., τιμᾶσθαι ἀργυρίου to be condemned to a fine, τινος for a thing, Lex ap. Dem., etc. Mid., of the parties before the court (cf. τίμημα 2), of the accuser, τιμᾶταί μοι ὁ ἀνὴρ θανάτου (sc. τὴν δίκην) he estimates the penalty due to me at death (gen. pretii), Plat., etc. of the person accused, τιμήσεσθαι τοιούτου τινὸς ἐμαυτῶι to estimate the penalty due to me at so high a rate, Plat. with acc. of the penalty or offence, πέντε μυριάδων τιμησάμενος τὴν δίκην Plut., etc.