σεμίδᾱλις[ῐ],εως orιος(εοςin Archestr. Fr. 4.14 ),ἡ,
A. the finest wheaten flour, Hp. Vict. 2.42 ,Acut.(Sp.)
53 , Ar. Fr. 412 , Hermipp. 63.22 , Stratt. 2 (who has gen.-ιδος), LXX Ge. 18.6 , al., Apoc. 18.13 , etc.;σεμιδάρεωςis an error in POxy. 736.82
(i A.D.):—henceσεμῐδᾱλίτης[ῑ] ἄρτος,ὁ ,bread made of σεμίδαλις, Hp. Vict. 2.42 , PPetr. 3p.179
(iii B.C.), Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.115c , Trypho ib. 109c , Ath.Med. ap. Orib. 1.2.2 , etc.:—alsoσεμιδάλιν( = -ιον ),τό, PLond. 2.190.45
(iii A.D.),Gloss.(Cf. Assyr.samīdu, Aram.semīdāin same sense.)