{"def":{"short":"a dispensary or magazine, i.e., a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of a Middle Eastern house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement)","long":["a storage chamber, storeroom","a chamber especially an inner chamber","a secret room"]},"deriv":"neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of ταμίας (a dispenser or distributor; akin to τέμνω, to cut)","pronun":{"ipa":"tɑˈmi.on","ipa_mod":"tɑˈmi.own","sbl":"tameion","dic":"ta-MEE-one","dic_mod":"ta-MEE-one"}}