When he [Horace Walpole] talked misanthropy, he out-Timoned Timon.--Macaulay.
⁂ On one occasion, Timon said, “I have a fig tree in my garden, which I once intended to cut down; but I shall let it stand, that any one who likes may go and hang himself on it.”
Timon’s Banquet, nothing but cover and warm water. Being shunned by his friends in adversity, he pretended to have recovered his money, and invited his false friends to a banquet. The table was laden with covers, but when the contents were exposed, nothing was provided but lukewarm water. (See Schacabac.)--Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act iii. sc. 6 (1609).
Timoth´eos, a musician, who charged double fees to all pupils who had learned music before.--Quintilian, De Institutione Oratoria, ii. 3.
Ponocrates made him forget all that he [Gargantua] had learned under other masters, as Timŏthĕus did to his disciples who had been taught music by others.--Rabelais, Gargantua, i. 23 (1533).
Timotheus placed on high
Amid the tuneful quire,
With flying fingers touched the lyre.
Dryden, Alexander’s Feast (1697).
Timothy (Old), ostler at John Menge’s inn, at Kirchoff.--Sir W. Scott, Anne of Geierstein (time, Edward IV.).