- ἄτιμος
- ἄτιμος, ον (s. ἀτιμία; Hom.+; Epict. 4, 6, 3; OGI 218, 103; 140; 338, 29; 527, 8; pap; LXX; TestJob 18:3; ἀτίμως 24:10; Philo; Jos., Ant. 4, 136, C. Ap. 2, 191; Just., Mel., P. 37, 256 al.)① pert. to being without honor or respect, dishonored, despised, of pers. in disrepute 1 Cor 4:10 (opp. ἔνδοξος ‘held highly’); 1 Cl 3:3 (opp. ἔντιμος as Synes., Ep. 79, 226d [comp.]; cp. Is 3:5); despised εἶδος 16:3 (Is 53:3); οὐκ ἄ. εἰ μή honored everywhere, except Mt 13:57; Mk 6:4.② pert. to being considered relatively unimportant, insignificant of things that do not elicit special admiration or attention, comp. held in less esteem μέλη 1 Cor 12:23 (of parts of the body also Aristot., Part. An. 3, 672b, 21 τὸ τιμιώτερον κ. ἀτιμότερον, ‘more esteemed … less esteemed’, a distinction made in terms of dependency, lower members being at the service of upper ones; Artem. 4, 25. On the subject-matter s. Heraclit. Sto. 19 p. 29, 3 ἡ κεφαλὴ ἐν τῷ σώματι τὴν κυριωτάτην εἰληχυῖα τάξιν=the head has the most distinguished position in the body; line 9 κυριώτατον μέρος. S. also εὐσχήμων 1). ἀτιμοτάτη ὑπηρεσία the lowliest service Dg 2:2.—DELG s.v. τιμή. M-M.
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