ταμίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

A nominal formation from τᾰμεῖν (tămeîn, to cut up, divide), active infinitive aorist form of τέμνω (témnō, to cut, hew), though the exact morphological details are unclear. May be analyzed as τέμνω (témnō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τᾰμῐ́ᾱς • (tămĭ́āsm (genitive τᾰμῐ́ου); first declension

  1. steward, dispenser

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

τᾰμίᾱς • (tămíās)

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

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταμία (> VAR > ταμίας)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1447-8

Further reading

Greek

Noun

ταμίας • (tamíasm or f (plural ταμίες)

  1. cashier, teller, bursar, treasurer (sometimes a colloquial feminine genitive form)

Declension

Declension of ταμίας
singular plural
nominative ταμίας (tamías) ταμίες (tamíes)
genitive ταμία (tamía)
ταμίας (tamías)
ταμιών (tamión)
accusative ταμία (tamía) ταμίες (tamíes)
vocative ταμία (tamía) ταμίες (tamíes)

The second genitive singular is a colloquial feminine form.

Synonyms

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