σῑταρχ-ία,ἡ,
A. commissariat, victualling department,
IG 5(2).266.36 (Mantinea,i B.C.), Ph. 2.64 , etc.
II. a soldier's pay in money, Arist. Oec. 1350a36 ( v.l. -αρκία ), 1351b16 , 1353b2 , IG 92(1).3
A 38 (Thermum,iii B.C.); opp.σιτομετ ρία(pay in kind), PHal. 1.159
(iii B.C.), cf. PAmh. 2.29.22
(iii B.C.), PTeb. 729.2
(ii B.C.), UPZ 16.7
(ii B.C.).
2. pay in kind, provisions, Ph. Bel. 101.51 (pl.);τὰ σύμβολα τῶν ς., ἐξαρτίσας αὐτὸν ταῖς ς., BGU 1755.5 , 10 , cf. 1749.15 (bothi B.C.), etc.
3. generally,provision, maintenance, ib. 948.14
(iv/v A.D.);ἡ ἀναγκαία τροφὴ ἤτοι ς. PLond. 5.1708.118
(vi A.D.).