σεμίδᾱλις [ῐ], εως
or ιος (εος in [[ 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 4.14)] Refs 4th c.BC+], ἡ, the finest wheaten flour, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Acut.(Sp.)[[ 53, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 412, 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 63.22, 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 2 (who has _genitive_ -ιδος), LXX.Gen.18.6, +others, NT.Rev.18.13, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; σεμιδάρεως is an error in [[ “POxy.” 736.82 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—hence σεμῐδᾱλίτης [ῑ] ἄρτος, ὁ, bread made of σεμίδαλις, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.42, “PPetr.” 3p.179 (3rd c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.115c, 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus [prev. work] 109c, 1st c.AD: Athenaeus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 1.2.2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also σεμιδάλιν (={-ιον}), τό, [[ “PLond.” 2.190.45 (3rd c.AD), “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum” ] Refs 3rd c.AD+] (Cf. Assyr. samīdu, Aramaic semīdā in same sense.)