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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

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

  • εἶναι καὶ Σιτοῦσ Δήμητροσ ἄγαλμα, οὗ πλησίον ἱδρῦσθαι καὶ Ἱμαλίδοσ, καθάπερ ἐν Δελφοῖσ Εὐνόστου, ἐν δὲ Σκώλῳ τῷ Βοιωτιακῷ Μεγαλάρτου καὶ Μεγαλομάζου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 9 4:1)
  • οὐ τούτου οὖν τοῦ Ἄρτου ὁ νῦν καιρὸσ ἦν, ἀλλὰ τῶν εὑρημένων ὑπὸ τῆσ Σιτοῦσ καλουμένησ Δήμητροσ καὶ Ἱμαλίδοσ, οὕτωσ γὰρ ἡ θεὸσ παρὰ Συρακοσίοισ τιμᾶται, ὡσ ὁ αὐτὸσ Πολέμων ἱστορεῖ ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ Μορύχου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 739)

Synonyms

  1. wheat

  2. bread

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