Ancient Greek

Noun

σῖτος • ‎(sîtos) m ‎(genitive σῑ́του); second declension

1. grain, corn in the British sense, encompassing wheat and barley, the cereal grains used by the ancient Greeks
2. grains and lentils
3. bread as opposed to meat
4. food as opposed to drink

Usage notes

This noun is neuter in the plural.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (bread): ἄρτος ‎(ártos)

Hyponyms

• (grains and lentils): πῡρός ‎(pūrós), κρῑθή ‎(krīthḗ), ὄλῡρᾰ ‎(ólūra), φᾰκός ‎(phakós)

References

• σῖτος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σῖτος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «σῖτος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G4621”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aliment idem, page 22.
  • bread idem, page 94.
  • cereals idem, page 122.
  • commissariat idem, page 148.
  • corn idem, page 174.
  • eatables idem, page 260.
  • fare idem, page 306.
  • food idem, page 333.
  • forage idem, page 334.
  • fruit idem, page 347.
  • grain idem, page 369.
  • grist idem, page 374.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • meat idem, page 521.
  • produce idem, page 644.
  • provender idem, page 654.
  • provision idem, page 654.
  • refection idem, page 684.
  • refreshment idem, page 685.
  • supplies idem, page 840.
  • sustenance idem, page 846.
  • viands idem, page 950.
  • victuals idem, page 951.