grain

Greek Noun Male

σῖτος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for דָּגָן;] wheat, corn: Mat.3:12 13:25, 29-30 Mrk.4:28, Luk.3:17 12:18 16:7 22:32, Jhn.12:24, Act.27:38, 1Co.15:37, Rev.6:6 18:13. σιτίοι, -ου, τό (dimin. of σῖτος), [in LXX: Pro.30:22 (לֶחֶם)*;] 1) corn, grain: Act.7:12 (but see 131, § 9, 1). 2) Mostly in pl, σιτία, bread, food, provisions (LXX, l.with, Hdt, al.). (AS)

grain

Greek Noun Male

σῖτος, ὁ, irregular plural σῖτα, τά, [Refs 6th c.BC+]:— grain, comprehending both wheat (πυρός) and barley (κριθή), ἐν [Ἰθάκῃ] σ. ἀθέσφατος ἐν δέ τε οἶνος γίγνεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; περὶ σίτου ἐκβολήν about the shooting of the corn into ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ σ. ἀκμάζοντος at its ripening, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἀληλεσμένος or -εμένος ground corn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σίτου εἰσαγωγή, ἐξαγωγή, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; comprehending πυρός, κριθή, ὄλυρα, and φακός, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; περὶ τοῦ σ. καὶ τοῦ σησάμου [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ σ. καὶ τὰ λάχανα as examples of πόα, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) food made from grain, bread, opposed to flesh-meat, σ. καὶ κρέα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σῖτον ἔδοντες, a general epithet of men as opposed to to beasts, ὅσσοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ σ. ἔδ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of savages, who eat flesh only, οὐδέ τι σῖτον ἤσθιον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of civilized men, σῖτον καὶ σπείρουσι καὶ σιτέονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάρδαμον ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῷ σ. [Refs]; πίνειν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τῷ σ[Refs 1st c.AD+] 3) in a wider sense, food, as opposed to to drink, σ. ἠδὲ ποτής [Refs 8th c.BC+]; even of porridge (κυκεών),[Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὐνὴ καὶ σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; provisions, σῖτα ἀναιρέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρέχειν μέχρι τριάκοντα ἡμερῶν σ. Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) rarely of beasts, fodder, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—In the general sense of food, Prose writers prefer the diminutive form σιτία, τά. II) in Attic dialect Law, allowance of grain made to widows and orphans. σῖτον διδόναι, ἀποδιδόναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) δίκην σίτου δικάσασθαι, bring an action under the Athen. Corn-law against regraters and monopolists, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) allowance made to the Ἱππεῖς, [Refs] II.4) public distribution of corn in Rome, Latin frumentatio, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ σίτου ὄντα ἐν Ῥώμῃ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

grain, especially wheat; corn, wheat; of uncertain derivation