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σιταγωγία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιταγωγία

Structure: σιταγωγι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from si_tagwgo/s

Sense

  1. conveyance of corn

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πέντε γάρ, εἰ βούλει, καλλίω καὶ μείζω τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου πλοίου ἤδη ἔχε, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον οὐδὲ καταδῦναι δυνάμενα, καὶ τάχα σοι πεντάκισ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου κατ̓ ἔτοσ ἕκαστον σιταγωγείτωσαν σιταγωγίαν, εἰ καί, ὦ ναυκλήρων ἄριστε, δῆλοσ εἶ ἀφόρητοσ ἡμῖν τότε γενησόμενοσ· (Lucian, 25:3)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἀνεμίχθησαν, ἐστρατοπέδευον ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Τιβέριοσ ἐσ τρία διαιρεθέντεσ, Κίννασ μὲν καὶ Κάρβων σὺν αὐτῷ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀντικρύ, Σερτώριοσ δὲ ὑπὲρ τὴν πόλιν ἄνω καὶ Μάριοσ πρὸσ τῇ θαλάσση, ζευγνύντεσ οἵδε τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ γεφυροῦντεσ, ἵνα τὴν πόλιν ἀφέλοιντο τὴν σιταγωγίαν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 8 4:6)

Synonyms

  1. conveyance of corn

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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