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σῖτος .σῖτος, heterocl. pl. σῖτα, ων, τά, corn, grain, comprehending both wheat (πυρός) and barley (κριθή) , Od., Thuc.; σ. ἀληλεσμένος ground corn, Hdt., Thuc. 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. in wider sense, meat, as opp. to drink, σῖτος ἠδὲ ποτής Hom.; σῖτα καὶ ποτά Hdt., etc. rarely of beasts, food, fodder, Hes., Eur. in Attic Law, the public allowance of grain made to widows and orphans, Dem.

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29599

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