ταμιεῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ταμία (tamía, housekeeper, conductress) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon, instrumental noun suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τᾰμῐεῖον • (tămĭeîonn (genitive τᾰμῐείου); second declension

  1. treasury
  2. magazine, storehouse
  3. chamber, closet

Declension

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταμία (> with -εῖον)”, 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

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