ταμίας

ταμίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ταμίης (tamíēs) – Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From τέμνω (témnō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.mí.aːs/ → /taˈmi.as/ → /taˈmi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.mí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taˈmi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /taˈmi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /taˈmi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /taˈmi.as/

Noun

τᾰμῐ́ᾱς • (tamíās) m (genitive τᾰμῐ́ου); first declension

1. steward, dispenser

Inflection

First declension of ὁ τᾰμῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ τᾰμῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τᾰμῐ́ᾱς ho tamíās	τὼ τᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ tamíā	οἱ τᾰμῐ́αι hoi tamíai
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰμῐ́ου toû tamíou	τοῖν τᾰμῐ́αιν toîn tamíain	τῶν τᾰμῐῶν tôn tamiôn
Dative	τῷ τᾰμῐ́ᾳ tôi tamíāi	τοῖν τᾰμῐ́αιν toîn tamíain	τοῖς τᾰμῐ́αις toîs tamíais
Accusative	τὸν τᾰμῐ́ᾱν tòn tamíān	τὼ τᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ tamíā	τοὺς τᾰμῐ́ᾱς toùs tamíās
Vocative	τᾰμῐ́ᾱ tamíā	τᾰμῐ́ᾱ tamíā	τᾰμῐ́αι tamíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τᾰμίᾱ (tamíā)
• τᾰμῐεῖον (tamieîon)
• τᾰμῐεύω (tamieúō)

 

Noun

τᾰμίᾱς • (tamíās)

1. inflection of τᾰμίᾱ (tamíā):
   1. genitive singular
   2. accusative plural

References

• “ταμίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ταμίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ταμίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ταμίας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • agent idem, page 18.
  • business idem, page 106.
  • chamberlain idem, page 123.
  • commissioner idem, page 148.
  • comptroller idem, page 154.
  • controller idem, page 170.
  • dispenser idem, page 236.
  • manager idem, page 511.
  • overseer idem, page 586.
  • quaestor idem, page 662.
  • seneschal idem, page 752.
  • steward idem, page 816.
  • store keeper idem, page 821.
  • superintendent idem, page 839.
  • supervisor idem, page 840.
  • treasurer idem, page 892.

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Greek

Noun

ταμίας • (tamías) m or f (plural ταμίες)

1. cashier, teller, bursar, treasurer

Declension

declension of ταμίας

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	ταμίας •	ταμίες •
genitive	ταμία •	ταμιών •
accusative	ταμία •	ταμίες •
vocative	ταμία •	ταμίες •
The genitive feminine singular is ταμίας •.

Synonyms

• (bank clerk): τραπεζικός m (trapezikós)

Related terms

• see: ταμείο (tameío, “cashier's desk, checkout”)

Further reading

• ταμίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el