τίμησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῑμάω (tīmáō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tǐː.mɛː.sis/ → /ˈti.mi.sis/ → /ˈti.mi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tǐː.mɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.me̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.sis/

Noun

τῑ́μησῐς • (tī́mēsis) f (genitive τῑμήσεως); third declension

1. esteeming, honoring, a holding valuable
2. (of merchandise or property) estimation, valuation
   1. rating or assessment
   2. payment

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τῑ́μησῐς; τῆς τῑμήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῑ́μησῐς hē tī́mēsis	τὼ τῑμήσει tṑ tīmḗsei	αἱ τῑμήσεις hai tīmḗseis
Genitive	τῆς τῑμήσεως tês tīmḗseōs	τοῖν τῑμησέοιν toîn tīmēséoin	τῶν τῑμήσεων tôn tīmḗseōn
Dative	τῇ τῑμήσει têi tīmḗsei	τοῖν τῑμησέοιν toîn tīmēséoin	ταῖς τῑμήσεσῐ / τῑμήσεσῐν taîs tīmḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τῑ́μησῐν tḕn tī́mēsin	τὼ τῑμήσει tṑ tīmḗsei	τᾱ̀ς τῑμήσεις tā̀s tīmḗseis
Vocative	τῑ́μησῐ tī́mēsi	τῑμήσει tīmḗsei	τῑμήσεις tīmḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Related terms

• ἀξιοτίμησις (axiotímēsis)
• ἀνθυποτίμησις (anthupotímēsis)
• ἀποτίμησις (apotímēsis)
• διατίμησις (diatímēsis)
• ἐκτίμησις (ektímēsis)
• ἐπιτίμησις (epitímēsis)
• προστίμησις (prostímēsis)
• προτίμησις (protímēsis)
• συντίμησις (suntímēsis)
• τιμητικός (timētikós)
• ὑποτίμησις (hupotímēsis)

Further reading

• “τίμησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τίμησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τίμησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • assessment idem, page 45.
  • damage idem, page 193.
  • estimate idem, page 283.
  • valuation idem, page 943.