σιτάριον
From LSJ
κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of σῖτος,
A a little corn or bread, a bit of corn or breadstuff: sg., PCair.Zen.160.10 (iii B.C.), Plu.2.1097d: pl., Philem.98.3, PTeb.750.16 (ii B.C.), Plb.16.24.5; bits of food, Hp.Epid.3.17.ά.
German (Pape)
[Seite 884] τό, dim. von σῖτος, ein wenig Getreide, Brot; Pol. 16, 24, 5; Lucill. 81 (XI, 189); Plut. sec. Epic. 15.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σῑτάριον: τό, ὑποκορ. τοῦ σῖτος, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ πληθ., ὀλίγος σῖτος, Φιλήμ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 12, Πλούτ. 2. 1097D· ὀλίγος ἄρτος, «ψωμάκι», Πολύβ. 16. 24, 5· ὀλίγη τροφή, Ἱππ. 1093G.
