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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[eating]], [[feeding]], [[ἐπὶ σιτήσι]] = for [[home consumption]], opp. [[πρῆσις]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.17</span>; σίτησις καὶ [[δίαιτα]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>404d</span>; [[σίτησις ἐν Πρυτανείῳ]] = [[public maintenance]] in the [[Prytaneum]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>764</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.77, <span class="bibl">And.4.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37a</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>49.12 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.): abs., σίτησιν αἰτῆσαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>574</span>; <b class="b3">γέρα . . δίδοται . . σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Timocl.8.18</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">D.20.107</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[food]], σίτησιν εἶναι κρέα ἑφθά <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.4.3</span>.</span>