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σιτηγία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιτηγία

Structure: σιτηγι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from sithgo/s

Sense

  1. the conveyance or importation of corn

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σιτηγία σιτηγίᾱ σιτηγίαι
Genitive σιτηγίᾱς σιτηγίαιν σιτηγιῶν
Dative σιτηγίᾱͅ σιτηγίαιν σιτηγίαις
Accusative σιτηγίᾱν σιτηγίᾱ σιτηγίᾱς
Vocative σιτηγίᾱ σιτηγίᾱ σιτηγίαι

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

  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἐπυθόμεθα τὸ γεγονόσ, ἐκπεπληγμένοι τῷ πράγματι προσῇμεν τούτῳ τῷ ἀρχιτέκτονι τῆσ ὅλησ ἐπιβουλῆσ, ἀγανακτοῦντεσ, οἱο͂ν εἰκόσ, καὶ ἐγκαλοῦντεσ ὅτι διαρρήδην ἡμῶν διορισαμένων ἐν ταῖσ συνθήκαισ ὅπωσ ἡ ναῦσ μηδαμόσε καταπλεύσεται ἀλλ’ ἢ εἰσ Ἀθήνασ, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύταισ ταῖσ ὁμολογίαισ δανεισάντων τὸ ἀργύριον, ἡμᾶσ μὲν ἐν ὑποψίᾳ καταλέλοιπεν τοῖσ βουλομένοισ αἰτιᾶσθαι καὶ λέγειν, ὡσ ἄρα καὶ ἡμεῖσ κεκοινωνήκαμεν τῆσ σιτηγίασ τῆσ εἰσ τὴν Ῥόδον, αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐδὲν μᾶλλον τὴν ναῦν ἥκουσι κατακομίζοντεσ εἰσ τὸ ὑμέτερον ἐμπόριον εἰσ ὃ συνεγράψαντο. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. the conveyance or importation of corn

Similar forms

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

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