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|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]] [[epithet]] 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.