τομίαις

A. ταμία IG 11(2).287 B 100 (Delos, iii B.C.), 42(1).77.14 (Epid., ii B.C.)), ὁ: old Att. dat. pl. ταμίασιν ib.12.232.3, 237.56: Aeol. τομίαις dub. in Alc. 87 (ταμίαις acc. to Gramm.in PBouriant 8.16):—prop. one who carves and distributes, dispenser, steward, ταμίαι παρὰ νηυσὶν ἔσαν, σίτοιο δοτῆρες Il. 19.44, cf. Ar. V. 613 (anap.), Ostr.Bodl. i 304 (ii B.C.); τ. ἀνδράσι πλούτου Pi. O. 13.7 (pl.).

2. of Zeus, as the dispenser of all things to men, Ζεύς, ὅς τ’ ἀνθρώπων τ. πολέμοιο τέτυκτο Il. 4.84; τ. ἀγαθῶν τε κακῶν τε Poet. ap. Pl. R. 379e; οὐκ ἔστιν πλὴν Διὸς οὐδεὶς τῶν μελλόντων τ. S. Fr. 590.4 (anap.); Ζῆνα, ὃς ὅρκων θνατοῖς τ. νενόμισται controller, E. Med. 170 (anap.); τῶν ὄμβρων καὶ τῶν αὐχμῶν τοῖς ἄλλοις ὁ Ζεὺς τ. ἐστίν Isoc. 11.13; also τ. ἀνέμων, of Aeolus, Od. 10.21 (hence of the lungs, τῶν πνευμάτων τῷ σώματι τ. Pl. Ti. 84d): freq. in Pi., of kings or persons in authority, controller, director, τ. Κυράνας, Σπάρτας, P. 5.62, N. 10.52; τ. κώμων master of the revels, I. 6(5).57; τ. Διός steward or priest of Zeus, O. 6.5; ταμίαι Μοισᾶν, i.e. poets, Fr. 1; οἶκος τ. στεφάνων that hath store of crowns, N. 6.26; also ἳν δ’ αὐτῷ θανάτου τ. Hes. Fr. 11; γνώμης τ. (fort. γλώσσης) one that is master of his judgement, Thgn. 504; ἀμφοτέρων (sc. νοῦ καὶ γλώσσης) Id. 1186; [φιλότητος] Id. 1242; ἅμα τῆς τε ἐπιθυμίας καὶ τῆς τύχης . . τ. γενέσθαι controller both of his desire and of fortune, Th. 6.78; τ. τριαίνης, of Poseidon, Ar. Nu. 566 (lyr.); ἁλὸς ταμίαι lords of the sea, Critias 2.12: abs., τὸν τ. Ἴακχον S. Ant. 1154 (lyr.).

II. in Prose, controller of receipts and expenditure, treasurer, paymaster, τ. τῶν βασιλέος χρημάτων Hdt. 2.121.ά, cf. X. HG 3.1.27; τ. τοῦ ἱροῦ controller of the sacred treasure in the citadel of Athens, Hdt. 8.51; τ. τῆς θεοῦ Pl. Lg. 774b, Decr. ap. And. 1.77; τ. τῶν τῆς θεοῦ Lex ap.D. 43.71: abs., Lys. 9.6, Arist. Pol. 1321b33; οἱ τῶν τῆς Ἀθηναίας τ. IG 12.91.18; ταμίαι ἱερῶν χρημάτων τῆς Ἀθηναίας ib.304.2; ὁ τ. τοῦ δήμου ib.22.102.12, etc.; βουλῆς ταμίαι ib.223 C 7: freq. in other Greek states, SIG 249.9 (Delph., iv B.C.), etc.; παρὰ ταμιῶν Ἁλικαρνασσέων PCair.Zen. 36.25 (iii B.C.), cf. 317(a).17 (iii B.C.); τὸν ἐκ τοῦ ζυτοπωλίου τ. ib.202.2 (iii B.C.).

2. = Lat. quaestor, SIG 700.4 (Lete, ii B.C.), D.H. 5.34, Plu. Publ. 12, etc.