ταμία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τᾰμίη (tamíē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

Feminine of τᾰμίᾱς (tamíās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.mí.aː/ → /taˈmi.a/ → /taˈmi.a/

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

Noun

τᾰμῐ́ᾱ • (tamíā) f (genitive τᾰμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (female) housekeeper

Declension

First declension of ἡ τᾰμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς τᾰμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰμῐ́ᾱ hē tamíā	τὼ τᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ tamíā	αἱ τᾰμῐ́αι hai tamíai
Genitive	τῆς τᾰμῐ́ᾱς tês tamíās	τοῖν τᾰμῐ́αιν toîn tamíain	τῶν τᾰμῐῶν tôn tamiôn
Dative	τῇ τᾰμῐ́ᾳ têi tamíāi	τοῖν τᾰμῐ́αιν toîn tamíain	ταῖς τᾰμῐ́αις taîs tamíais
Accusative	τὴν τᾰμῐ́ᾱν tḕn tamíān	τὼ τᾰμῐ́ᾱ tṑ tamíā	τᾱ̀ς τᾰμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s 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.

Noun

τᾰμῐ́ᾱ • (tamíā)

1. inflection of τᾰμῐ́ᾱς (tamíās):
   1. vocative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Further reading

• “ταμία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ταμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press