τᾰμῐ-ας,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect τᾰμ-ίης, ου (rarely ταμία [[ “IG” 11(2).287 B 100 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 42(1).77.14 (Epid., 2nd c.BC)), ὁ: old _Attic dialect_ _dative_ _plural_ ταμίᾱσιν [prev. work] 12.232.3, 237.56] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect τομίαις uncertain in [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 87 ] Refs 7th c.BC+] (ταμίαις accusative to [[Grammars in “PBouriant” 8.16)] Refs]:—properly one who carves and distributes, dispenser, steward, ταμίαι παρὰ νηυσὶν ἔσαν, σίτοιο δοτῆρες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.44, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 613 (_anapaest meter_), “Ostr.Bodl.” i 304 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. ἀνδράσι πλούτου [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.7 (_plural_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of Zeus, as the dispenser of all things to men, Ζεύς, ὅς τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων τ. πολέμοιο τέτυκτο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.84 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε poetical cited in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔστιν πλὴν Διὸς οὐδεὶς τῶν μελλόντων τ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 590.4 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ζῆνα, ὃς ὅρκων θνατοῖς τ. νενόμισται controller, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 170 (_anapaest meter_); τῶν ὄμβρων καὶ τῶν αὐχμῶν τοῖς ἄλλοις ὁ Ζεὺς τ. ἐστίν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τ. ἀνέμων, of Aeolus, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.21 (hence of the lungs, τῶν πνευμάτων τῷ σώματι τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84d): frequently in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of kings or persons in authority, controller, director, τ. Κυράνας, Σπάρτας, [[ “P.” 5.62, “N.” 10.52 ] Refs]; τ. κώμων master of the revels, [[ “I.” 6(5).57 ] Refs]; τ. Διός steward or priest of Zeus, [[ “O.” 6.5 ] Refs]; ταμίαι Μοισᾶν, i.e. poets, [[ “fragment” 1 ] Refs]; οἶκος τ. στεφάνων that hath store of crowns, [[ “N.” 6.26 ] Refs]; also ἳν δ᾽ αὐτῷ θανάτου τ. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γνώμης τ. (perhaps γλώσσης) one that is master of his judgement, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 504 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀμφοτέρων (i.e. νοῦ καὶ γλώσσης) [[ [prev. author] 1186 ] Refs]; [φιλότητος] [[ [prev. author] 1242 ] Refs]; ἅμα τῆς τε ἐπιθυμίας καὶ τῆς τύχης.. τ. γενέσθαι controller both of his desire and of fortune, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. τριαίνης, of Poseidon, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 566 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁλὸς ταμίαι lords of the sea, [[ 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.12: _absolutely_, τὸν τ. Ἴακχον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1154 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]