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τίμημα

τίμημα, τίμημα, τό, a fine (noun)

τῑμ-ημα, ατος, τό,
  • honouring, tending, τύμβου A. Ch. 511.
      • 2 estimate, valuation, τ. τῆς ἀξίας E. Hipp. 622; τὸ τ. ἐστι τῆς χώρας ἑξακις χιλίων ταλάντων D. 14.19, cf. Docum.ib. 18.55, POxy. 1274.14 (iii A.D.), etc.
      • 3 payment, τίμαμα hοίσοντι will make payment, Tab.Heracl. 1.150, cf. PGrenf. 2.67.12 (iii A.D.); τὸ τ. ἔχων having received the price, Alciphr. 3.47; pretium = τ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις καταβαλλόμενον, Gloss.
      • 4 in legal sense, estimate of damages done: hence, penalty, punishment, fine, τ. κλῳὸς σύκινος Ar. V. 897; τί τίμημʼ ἐπιγράψω τῇ δίκῃ; Id. Pl. 480, cf. Lys. 27.16, etc.; καὶ ἐγώ τε τῷ τ. ἐμμένω, καὶ οὗτοι Pl. Ap. 39b; τ. δὲ [ἔστω], ὅ τι χρὴ πάσχειν ἢ ἀποτίνειν Id. Lg. 941a; τιμάτω τὸ δικαστήριον τὸ τ. ib. 907e, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναβάς rising to speak on the matter of the penalty, D. 19.290; πρᾶξαι Πειθίαν τὸ τ. τῆς ὕβρεως καὶ ἀποδοῦναί μοι the damages for the assault, PEnteux. 74.17 (iii B.C.).
      • 5 cost, expense, τῷ ἑαυτῆς τ. at her own expense, POxy. 1208.4 (iii A.D.); κινδύνῳ καὶ πόρῳ καὶ τ. τῆς παντοίας μου ὑποστάσεως PStrassb. 40.20 (vi A.D.), cf. PFlor. 297.27 (vi A.D.).
      • 6 in political sense, the value at which a citizenʼs property was rated for taxation, his rateable property, IG 1(2).98.11, 2(2).2498.8, Lys. 17.7, 19.48, Pl. Lg. 945a, etc.; ἡ ἀπὸ τιμημάτων πολιτεία a government where the magistrates were chosen according to property, a timocracy, Id. R. 550c; ἐκ τιμημάτων αἱ ἀρχαὶ καθίστανται X. Mem. 4.6.12, cf. Pl. Lg. 698b; ἀπὸ τ. μακρῶν αἱ μεθέξεις τῶν ἀρχῶν Arist. Pol. 1278a23; ἐκκλησιάζειν οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τιμήματος οὐθενὸς οἱ δʼ ἀπὸ μακροῦ τ. ib. 1294b3; δημοκρατικὸν τὸ μὴ ἀπὸ τιμήματος ὀλιγαρχικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ τ. ib. line 9, cf. 1306b13: the τ. was calculated at so many years’ purchase of the οὐσία, πεντεκαίδεκα ταλάντων τρία τάλαντα τίμημα D. 27.9.

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