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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[deal out portions of corn]] or [[provisions]], <span class="bibl">Plb.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75</span>; τινι <span class="bibl">D.S.13.58</span>: c. acc. cogn., σ. σῖτον <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ge.</span>47.12</span>; [[hold office of]] [[σιτομέτρης]], <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.516 (Cadyanda). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> trans., <b class="b3">σ. δύναμιν</b> [[supply]] a force [[with provisions]], [[victual]] it, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.63.10</span>, etc.; τὸν δῆμον <span class="title">IG</span>12 (7).389.15 (Aegiale, ii B.C.):—Pass., <b class="b3">οἱ πεζοὶ σιτομετροῦνταί τι</b> they [[have]] it [[served out]] as [[rations]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.39.13</span>, cf. <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.679 (Tlos).— Phryn.360, Thom.Mag.p.335 R., object to the word, preferring <b class="b3">σῖτον μετροῦμαι</b>.</span>