1. one who carves and distributes, a dispenser , (Iliad by Homer):—;of Zeus, as the dispenser of all things to men, (Iliad by Homer); so Aeolus is τ. ἀνέμων (Odyssey by Homer):—;of kings or rulers, a controller, director , (Pindar); τ. κώμων master of the revels, (Pindar); τ. Διός the priest of Zeus, (Pindar): τ. Μοισᾶν, i. e. a poet, (Pindar); οἶκος τ. στεφάνων that hath store of crowns, (Pindar); τῆς τε ἐπιθυμίας καὶ τῆς τύχης τ. controller both of his desire and of fortune, (Thucydides); τ. τριαίνης, of Poseidon, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. in Prose, a controller of payments, treasurer , (Herdotus Historicus); τ. τοῦ ἱροῦ the controller of the sacred treasure in the citadel of Athens, (Herdotus Historicus) 3. at Rome, the quaestor , (Plutarch) (ML)