σιταρχία

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   A commissariat, victualling department, IG5(2).266.36 (Mantinea, i B.C.), Ph.2.64, etc.    II a soldier's pay in money, Arist.Oec.1350a36 (v.l. -αρκία), 1351b16, 1353b2, IG92(1).3 A38 (Thermum, iii B.C.); opp. σιτομετρία (pay in kind), PHal.1.159 (iii B.C.), cf. PAmh.2.29.22 (iii B.C.), PTeb.729.2 (ii B.C.), UPZ16.7 (ii B.C.).    2 pay in kind, provisions, Ph.Bel.101.51 (pl.); τὰ σύμβολα τῶν σ., ἐξαρτίσας αὐτὸν ταῖς σ., BGU1755.5,10, cf. 1749.15 (both i B.C.), etc.    3 generally, provision, maintenance, ib.948.14 (iv/v A.D.); ἡ ἀναγκαία τροφὴ ἤτοι σ. PLond.5.1708.118 (vi A.D.).