04621

@LINK σῖτος

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4621. σῖτος σῖτος, ηετερογ. πλ. σῖτα, ων, τά, I. corn, grain, comprehending both wheat (πυρός) and barley (κριθή), Od., Thuc.; ς. ἀληλεσμένος ground corn, Hdt., Thuc.
2. food made from grain, bread, as opp. to flesh-meat, Od., Hdt.; σῖτον ἔδοντες, a general epith. of men as opp. to beasts, Od.; hence of savages, who eat flesh only, οὐδέ τι σῖτον ἤσθιον Hes.
3. in wider sense, meat, as opp. to drink, σῖτος ἠδὲ ποτής Hom.; σῖτα καὶ ποτά Hdt., etc.
4. rarely of beasts, food, fodder, Hes., Eur.
II. in attic Law, the public allowance of grain made to widows and orphans, Dem.

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4621. σῖτος σιτίον si'tos sitivon sitos {see'-tos}
sita see'-tah

of uncertain derivation; grain, especially wheat:--corn, wheat.

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4621 ma`atsad mah-ats-awd'

from an usused root meaning to hew; an axe:--ax, tongs.