σιτίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, mostly in plural [[σιτία]] (sg. in Hp.''Acut.'' (''Sp.'') 44, ''de Arte'' 10, ''VM''6, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 338d, ''Phdr.''241c, and later Prose, as Archig. ap. Orib.8.1.15, Pythagorei ap.Plu.2.12f, Porph. ''Abst.''1.27); only used in Prose and Comedy:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[grain]], [[corn]], <b class="b3">ἤλουν ὄρθριαι τὰ σιτία</b> Pherecr.10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[food made from grain]], [[bread]], <b class="b3">τούτοισι δὲ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' ὀσπρίοισι) μὴ χρῆσθαι εἰ μὴ μετὰ σιτίων Hp.''Acut.'' (''Sp.'') 47; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ὀλυρέων ποιεῦνται σιτία</b> [[make]] [[bread]] from [[spelt]], Hdt.2.36; <b class="b3">σ. σφί ἐστι ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα</b> ib.37.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[victuals]], [[provisions]] for men, opp. [[χόρτος]] ([[fodder]] for [[cattle]]), Id.1.94,188, etc.; <b class="b3">σιτί' ἡμερῶν τριῶν</b> [[three]] [[day]]s' [[provision]], of [[soldier]]s, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''197, ''Pax'' 312, cf. Th.1.48, 3.1; <b class="b3">σιτία καὶ ποτά</b> [[food]] and [[drink]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 490b: so in sg., X.''An.''1.10.18, etc.; ἐν τοῖς σιτίοις τε καὶ ὄψοις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 334c; opp. [[ῥύφημα]], Hp.''Acut.''13.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τἀν Πρυτανείῳ σιτία</b> = [[public]] [[maintenance]] in the [[Prytaneum]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''709.<br><span class="bld">4</span> rarely, [[food]] for [[dog]]s, X.''Cyn.''7.11.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[faces]], Ar.''Ec.''355.