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σίτησις

σίτησις, an eating, feeding

σῑτ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
  • eating, feeding, ἐπὶ σιτήσι for home consumption, opp. πρῆσις, Hdt. 4.17; σ. καὶ δίαιτα Pl. R. 404d; σ. ἐν Πρυτανείῳ public maintenance in the Prytaneum, Ar. Ra. 764, cf. IG 1(2).77, And. 4.31, Pl. Ap. 37a, OGI 49.12 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.): abs., σίτησιν αἰτῆσαι Ar. Eq. 574; γέρα . . δίδοται . . σ. Timocl. 8.18: pl., D. 20.107.
    • II food, σίτησιν εἶναι κρέα ἑφθά Hdt. 3.23, cf. Thphr. HP 8.4.3.

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