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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 τὴν ἀπαρχὴν σίτων ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν καρπὸν παντὸσ ξύλου, οἴνου καὶ ἐλαίου οἴσομεν τοῖσ ἱερεῦσιν εἰσ τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ. καὶ δεκάτην γῆσ ἡμῶν τοῖσ Λευίταισ. καὶ αὐτοὶ οἱ Λευῖται δεκατοῦντεσ ἐν πάσαισ πόλεσι δουλείασ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 10:37)
  • πρὸ γὰρ τῶν σίτων μου στεναγμόσ μοι ἥκει, δακρύω δὲ ἐγὼ συνεχόμενοσ φόβῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 3:24)
  • ἱεί σαυτὸν θαρρῶν ἀπὸ γῆσ, κᾆτα δρομαίαν πτέρυγ’ ἐκτείνων ὀρθὸσ χώρει Διὸσ εἰσ αὐλάσ, ἀπὸ μὲν κάκκησ τὴν ῥῖν’ ἀπέχων, ἀπὸ δ’ ἡμερίων σίτων πάντων. (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, anapests6)
  • πάντων δὲ χρεῖοι τάσδ’ ἕδρασ φυλάσσομεν, σίτων ποτῶν ἐσθῆτοσ, ἀστρώτῳ πέδῳ πλευρὰσ τιθέντεσ· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:6)
  • ἀλλ’, ὦ τάλαινα, βᾶσα δωμάτων ἔσω ὕπνῳ τ’ ἀύπνον βλέφαρον ἐκταθεῖσα δόσ, σίτων τ’ ὄρεξαι λουτρά τ’ ἐπιβαλοῦ χροί̈. (Euripides, episode 4:11)

Synonyms

  1. wheat

  2. bread

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