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|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl. [[σῖτα]], [[τά]], <span class="bibl">Xenoph.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.128</span>, <span class="bibl">5.34</span> (neut. sg. [[σῖτον]] only <span class="title">Delph.</span>3(5).3 ii 19 (iv B.C.)):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[grain]], comprehending both [[wheat]] ([[πυρός]]) and [[barley]] ([[κριθή]]), ἐν [Ἰθάκῃ] σ. [[ἀθέσφατος]] ἐν δέ τε [[οἶνος]] [[γίγνεται]] <span class="bibl">Od.13.244</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ σίτου ἐκβολήν</b> about the [[shooting]] of the [[corn]] into [[ear]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.1</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ σίτου ἀκμάζοντος</b> at its [[ripening]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.19</span>; πρὶν τὸν σ. ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι <span class="bibl">Id.4.2</span>; τὸν νέον σῖτον σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.27</span>; σῖτος [[ἀλῶ|ἀληλεσμένος]] or [[ἀλῶ|ἀληλεμένος]] = [[ground]] [[corn]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>; σῖτος [[ἀπαλοάω|ἀπηλοημένος]] <span class="bibl">D.42.6</span>; σῖτον ἐσαγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.2.6</span>, etc.; σῖτος [[ἐπείσακτος]] <span class="bibl">D.18.87</span>; <b class="b3">σίτου εἰσαγωγή, σίτου ἐξαγωγή</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b9</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.57.35; συγκομιδή <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.14</span>; ἐγδοχεία <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>23</span> (iii B.C.); comprehending [[πυρός]], [[κριθή]], [[ὄλυρα]], and [[φακός]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>66.41</span> (ii B.C.); περὶ τοῦ σ. καὶ τοῦ σησάμου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span>43.3</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὁ σῖτος καὶ τὰ λάχανα</b> as examples of [[πόα]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.3.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[food]] made from [[grain]], [[bread]], opp. [[flesh]]-[[meat]], σ. καὶ κρέα <span class="bibl">Od.9.9</span>, <span class="bibl">12.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.168</span>; <b class="b3">σῖτον ἔδοντες</b>, a general epith. of [[men]] as opp. to [[beast]]s, <b class="b3">ὅσσοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ σ. ἔδ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.8.222</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.89</span>; of savages, who eat flesh only, οὐδέ τι σῖτον ἤσθιον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>146</span>; of civilized men, σῖτον καὶ σπείρουσι καὶ σιτέονται <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.17</span>; σωρὸν σίτου κεχυμένον <span class="bibl">Id.1.22</span>; [[ἐσθίειν]] ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄψον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.14.2</span>; <b class="b3">κάρδαμον ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.11</span>; <b class="b3">πίνειν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6.2.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Them.</span>29</span>, with Id.2.328f. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in a wider sense, [[food]], as opp. to [[drink]], σ. ἠδὲ ποτής <span class="bibl">Od.9.87</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.19.306</span>; σῖτος καὶ οἶνος <span class="bibl">Od.3.479</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.706</span>; σ. καὶ μέθυ <span class="bibl">Od.4.746</span>, etc.; even of [[porridge]] ([[κυκεών]]), <span class="bibl">10.235</span>; σῖτα καὶ ποτά <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.34</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.27</span>; σ. ποιεῖν καὶ οἶνον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>372a</span>; [[ἄκμηνος]] σίτοιο <span class="bibl">Il.19.163</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>182</span>; <b class="b3">εὐνὴ καὶ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od. 20.130</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.24.129</span>; ὕπνον καὶ σ. αἱρεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.75</span>; [[provisions]], σῖτα ἀναιρέεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.128</span>; παρέχειν σῖτα καὶ νέας <span class="bibl">Id.7.21</span>; <b class="b3">παρέχειν μέχρι τριάκοντα ἡμερῶν σῖτον</b> Foed. ap. <span class="bibl">Th.5.47</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> rarely of beasts, [[fodder]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>604</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>383</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>4.1</span>.—In the general sense of [[food]], Prose writers prefer the dim. form [[σιτία]], [[τά]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Att. Law, [[allowance]] of [[grain]] made to [[widow]]s and [[orphan]]s. σῖτον [[διδόναι]], [[ἀποδιδόναι]], <span class="bibl">D.27.15</span>, <span class="bibl">28.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>56.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">δίκην σίτου δικάσασθαι</b>, bring an [[action]] under the [[Athenian]] [[corn]]-[[law]] against [[regrater]]s and [[monopolist]]s, <span class="bibl">Is.3.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.59.52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[allowance]] made to the [[Ἱππεῖς]], <span class="title">IG</span>12.304.4, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[public]] [[distribution]] of [[corn]] in [[Rome]], Lat. [[frumentatio]], τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ σίτου ὄντα ἐν Ῥώμῃ <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.10.2</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[σῖτος]], ηετερογ. πλ. [[σῖτα]], ων, τά,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[corn]], [[grain]], comprehending [[both]] [[wheat]] (πυρόσ) and [[barley]] ([[κριθή]]), Od., Thuc.; ς. ἀληλεσμένος [[ground]] [[corn]], Hdt., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[food]] made from [[grain]], [[bread]], as opp. to [[flesh]]-[[meat]], Od., Hdt.; [[σῖτον]] ἔδοντες, a [[general]] epith. of men as opp. to beasts, Od.; [[hence]] of savages, who eat [[flesh]] only, [[οὐδέ]] τι [[σῖτον]] [[ἤσθιον]] Hes.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in wider [[sense]], [[meat]], as opp. to [[drink]], [[σῖτος]] ἠδὲ [[ποτής]] Hom.; [[σῖτα]] καὶ [[ποτά]] Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[rarely]] of beasts, [[food]], [[fodder]], Hes., Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in [[attic]] Law, the [[public]] [[allowance]] of [[grain]] made to widows and orphans, Dem.