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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Timon

"misanthrope," from Timon, name of a misanthrope who lived in Athens during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.), hero of Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" (c.1605).

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Timon (genus)

Timon is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae.

Timon

Timon may refer to:

A given name of Greek origin:

  • Timon of Phlius, a Skeptic philosopher of classical Greece
  • Timon of Athens (person), a legendary misanthrope
  • Timon the Deacon, an early Christian leader
Timon (Rome character)

Timon ("Tevye") is a character in the HBO/ BBC2 original television series Rome, played by Lee Boardman. He is a Jew, depicted as a "hired sword" – from bodyguard to assassin – for Atia of the Julii, from whom he is quite willing to take her body in lieu of coin.

Timon (disambiguation)
Timon (film)

Timon is a 1973 Croatian film directed by Tomislav Radić. It is based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Timon of Athens.

Timón (Madrid)

Timón is a ward (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Barajas.

Category:Wards of Madrid Category:Barajas (Madrid)

Usage examples of "timon".

As the warmth spread through him and the pain retreated he felt both grateful to have the bottle and resentful of his dependence on Hoon and Timon.

I was sure Timon and Radik were as strong and fast and skilled at the task that lay ahead as the usual crew he brought.

The second he moved onto the small concrete patio, both Timon and Radik advanced through the kitchen toward the door.

Pyrrhon and his pupil Timon, and based upon the town of Scepsis in the Troad, hence the name.

Her round breasts jutting through the purple tunic of house Barca pressed against Timon.

Timon, who probably from his affected spleen more than an inveterate malice, was denominated the manhater, embraced Alcibiades with great fondness.

Timon drove cautiously with parking lights only burning, and the two open army trucks packed with Third Brigade troopers in full battle-gear kept close behind them.

One of the troopers seemed to protest and Timon leaned through the open door of the Land-Rover and lifted the microphone of the radio.

This giving is flat usurpation, and therefore when the beneficiary is ungrateful, as all beneficiaries hate all Timons, not at all considering the value of the gift, but looking back to the greater store it was taken from, I rather sympathize with the beneficiary, than with the anger of my lord Timon.

There was a radio apparatus on the second table, and Timon Nbebi was leaning over the operator's shoulder, speaking into the microphone in low rippling Shana that Craig could not follow, breaking off abruptly to give an order to the black sergeant at the map, who immediately moved one of the coloured markers to a new position.

Khorir Craig knew that the next witness should have been Timon Nbebi, but unaccountably Abel Khori passed over him and called instead the trooper who had been knocked down by the Land-Rover.

Craig waved it brusquely aside, but Timon Nbebi insisted, and Craig took it with ill grace.

The engine throbbed in idle and then above it, far off and faint, came the popping sound of automatic rifle, fire Craig was watching Timon Nbebi's face in the rearview mirror, and saw him wince slightly at the sound of gunfire.

Timon ordered, and as Craig did so, Timon was waiting for him, seeming to help him down but instead he took Craig's arm, turned it slightly, and before Craig could react to the icy touch of steel on his skin, Timon had handcuffed both his wrists.

Before replying, Timon handed the bottle back to Craig, and then glanced over his shoulder at Sally-Anne.