σίτησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A eating, feeding, ἐπὶ σιτήσι for home consumption, opp. πρῆσις, Hdt.4.17; σ. καὶ δίαιτα Pl.R.404d; σ. ἐν Πρυτανείῳ public maintenance in the Prytaneum, Ar.Ra.764, cf. IG12.77, And.4.31, Pl.Ap.37a, OGI49.12 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.): abs., σίτησιν αἰτῆσαι Ar.Eq.574; γέρα . . δίδοται . . σ. Timocl.8.18: pl., D.20.107.    II food, σίτησιν εἶναι κρέα ἑφθά Hdt. 3.23, cf. Thphr.HP8.4.3.