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σιτίον

σιτίον, σιτίον, grain; bread; food, provisions

σῑτ-ίον, τό, mostly in pl. σιτία (sg. in Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 44, de Arte 10, VM 6, Pl. R. 338d, Phdr. 241c, and later Prose, as Archig. ap. Orib. 8.1.15, Pythagorei ap. Plu. Lib.educ. 2.12f, Porph. Abst. 1.27); only used in Prose and Comedy:
    • I grain, corn, ἤλουν ὄρθριαι τὰ σ. Pherecr. 10.
    • II food made from grain, bread, τούτοισι δὲ (sc. ὀσπρίοισι) μὴ χρῆσθαι εἰ μὴ μετὰ σιτίων Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 47; ἀπὸ ὀλυρέων ποιεῦνται σιτία make bread from spelt, Hdt. 2.36; σ. σφί ἐστι ἱρὰ πεσσόμενα ib. 37.
      • 2 generally, victuals, provisions for men, opp. χόρτος (fodder for cattle), Id. 1.94, 188, etc.; σιτίʼ ἡμερῶν τριῶν three days’ provision, of soldiers, Ar. Ach. 197, Pax 312, cf. Th. 1.48, 3.1; σ. καὶ ποτά food and drink, Pl. Grg. 490b: so in sg., X. An. 1.10.18, etc.; ἐν τοῖς σ. τε καὶ ὄψοις Pl. Prt. 334c; opp. ῥύφημα, Hp. Acut. 13.
      • 3 τἀν Πρυτανείῳ σ. public maintenance in the Prytaneum, Ar. Eq. 709.
      • 4 rarely, food for dogs, X. Cyn. 7.11.
    • III faces, Ar. Ec. 355.

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