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σῖτος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῖτος σίτου

Structure: σιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wheat
  2. bread

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σῖτος σίτω σίτοι
Genitive σίτου σίτοιν σίτων
Dative σίτῳ σίτοιν σίτοις
Accusative σίτον σίτω σίτους
Vocative σίτε σίτω σίτοι

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 συναγαγέτωσαν πάντα τὰ βρώματα τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν τῶν ἐρχομένων τῶν καλῶν τούτων, καὶ συναχθήτω ὁ σῖτοσ ὑπὸ χεῖρα Φαραώ, βρώματα ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσι φυλαχθήτω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:35)
  • ἰδοὺ ἀκήκοα ὅτι ἐστὶ σῖτοσ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. κατάβητε ἐκεῖ καὶ πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα, ἵνα ζήσωμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:2)
  • Σῖτοσ δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸσ σφόδρα. ἐξέλιπε δὲ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἡ γῆ Χαναὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:13)
  • καὶ λογισθήσεται ὑμῖν τὰ ἀφαιρέματα ὑμῶν ὡσ σῖτοσ ἀπὸ ἅλω καὶ ἀφαίρεμα ἀπὸ ληνοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:27)
  • καὶ τοῖσ συμμαχοῦσιν οὐ δοθήσεται σῖτοσ, ὅπλα, ἀργύριον, πλοῖα, ὡσ ἔδοξε Ρώμῃ. καὶ φυλάξονται τὰ φυλάγματα αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ μετὰ δόλου. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:28)

Synonyms

  1. wheat

  2. bread

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