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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 συνήγαγεν Ἰωσὴφ σῖτον ὡσεὶ τὴν ἄμμον τῆσ θαλάσσησ πολὺν σφόδρα, ἕωσ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀριθμηθῆναι, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀριθμόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:49)
  • κατέβησαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ οἱ δέκα πρίασθαι σῖτον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:3)
  • καὶ ἐπιθέντεσ τὸν σῖτον ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὄνουσ αὐτῶν ἀπῆλθον ἐκεῖθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:26)
  • ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ ἡνίκα συνετέλεσαν καταφαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον, ὃν ἤνεγκαν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν. πάλιν πορευθέντεσ πρίασθε ἡμῖν μικρὰ βρώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:1)
  • καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ καὶ παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ σῖτον κατὰ σῶμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:12)

Synonyms

  1. wheat

  2. bread

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