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ταμιεύω 1 ταμίας

I.to be controller of receipts and expenditure, to be treasurer, paymaster, Ar., Dem.:—c. gen., τ. τῆς Παράλου to be paymaster of the Paralus, Dem.
2.at Rome, to be quaestor, Plut.
II.trans. to deal out, dispense, Plat., etc.:—Pass., τοὺς νόμους τεταμιεύμεθα we have the laws dealt out, Lys.:—Mid., ταμιεύεσθαι εἰς ὅσον βουλόμεθα ἄρχειν to control the limits to which we mean to extend our sway, Thuc.
2.of keeping house, to regulate, manage, Ar., Xen.:— Pass., χώρα ταμιευομένα τινί governed or possessed by one, Pind.
3.to store up, Dem.; Ζηνὸς ταμιεύεσκε γονάς she was the depository of it, Soph.

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