price and value

Predicate Use: τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους τοσούτων χρημάτων λῡ́εσθαι to ransom the captives at so high a price D. 19.222, τριῶν δραχμῶν πονηρὸς ὤν a threepenny rogue 19. 200.

To value highly and lightly is περὶ πολλοῦ (πλείονος, πλείστου) and περὶ ὀλίγου (ἐλᾱ́ττονος, ἐλαχίστου) τῑμᾶσθαι or ποιεῖσθαι: τὰ πλείστου ἄξια περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖται, τὰ δὲ φαυλότερα περὶ πλείονος he makes least account of what is most important, and sets higher what is less estimable P. A. 30a. The genitive of value, without περί, is rare: πολλοῦ ποιοῦμαι ἀκηκοέναι ἃ ἀκήκοα Πρωταγόρου I esteem it greatly to have heard what I did from Protagoras P. Pr. 328d.

a. The genitive of cause is rarely used to express the thing bought or that for which pay is demanded: οὐδένα τῆς συνουσίᾱς ἀργύριον πρᾱ́ττει you charge nobody anything for your teaching X. M. 1.6.11, τρεῖς μναῖ διφρίσκου three minae for a small chariot Ar. Nub. 31.

In legal language τῑμᾶν τινι θανάτου is to fix the penalty at death (said of the jury, which is not interested in the result), τῑμᾶσθαί τινι θανάτου to propose death as the penalty (said of the accuser, who is interested), and τιμᾶσθαί τινος to propose a penalty against oneself (said of the accused). Cp. τῑμᾶταί μοι ὁ ἀνὴρ θανάτου the man proposes death as my penalty P. A. 36b, ἀλλὰ δὴ φυγῆς τῑμήσωμαι; ἴσως γὰρ ἄν μοι τούτου τῑμήσαιτε but shall I propose exile as my penalty? for perhaps you (the jury) might fix it at this 37 c. So θανάτου with κρῑ́νειν, διώκειν, ὑπάγειν. Cp. 1379.