σῖτος, ὁ,
irregular plural σῖτα, τά, [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.8, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.128, 5.34 (_neuter_ _sing._ σῖτον only “Delph.” 3(5).3 ii 19 (4th c.BC))] Refs 6th c.BC+]:— grain, comprehending both wheat (πυρός) and barley (κριθή), ἐν [Ἰθάκῃ] σ. ἀθέσφατος ἐν δέ τε οἶνος γίγνεται [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.244 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; περὶ σίτου ἐκβολήν about the shooting of the corn into ear, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ σ. ἀκμάζοντος at its ripening, [[ [prev. author] 2.19; πρὶν τὸν σ. ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι [prev. author] 4.2; τὸν νέον σ. σὺν τῇ καλάμῃ ἀποκείμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἀληλεσμένος or -εμένος ground corn, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26; σ. ἀπηλοημένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.6; σῖτον ἐσαγαγεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.6, etc.; σ. ἐπείσακτος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σίτου εἰσαγωγή, ἐξαγωγή, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133b9, “IG” 12.57.35; συγκομιδή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.14; ἐγδοχεία “PMich.Zen.” 23 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; comprehending πυρός, κριθή, ὄλυρα, and φακός, [[ “PTeb.” 66.41 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; περὶ τοῦ σ. καὶ τοῦ σησάμου [[ “PMich.Zen.” 43.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ σ. καὶ τὰ λάχανα as examples of πόα, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 food made from grain, bread, opposed to flesh-meat, σ. καὶ κρέα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.9, 12.19, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.168 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σῖτον ἔδοντες, a general epithet of men as opposed to to beasts, ὅσσοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ σ. ἔδ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.222, compare 9.89 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of savages, who eat flesh only, οὐδέ τι σῖτον ἤσθιον [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 146 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of civilized men, σῖτον καὶ σπείρουσι καὶ σιτέονται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.17; σωρὸν σίτου κεχυμένον [prev. author] 1.22; ἐσθίειν ἐπὶ τῷ σ. ὄψον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάρδαμον ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῷ σ. [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.2.11 ] Refs]; πίνειν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τῷ σ[[. [prev. work] 6.2.27, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 29, with [prev. author] 2.328f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]