σιτίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῖτος (sîtos, “grain”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.tí.on/ → /siˈti.on/ → /siˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.tí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈti.on/

Noun

σῑτῐ́ον • (sītíon) n (genitive σῑτῐ́ου); second declension

1. grain, corn
2. food made from grain, bread
3. victuals, provisions
4. food for dogs
5. feces

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σῑτῐ́ον; τοῦ σῑτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑτῐ́ον tò sītíon	τὼ σῑτῐ́ω tṑ sītíō	τᾰ̀ σῑτῐ́ᾰ tà sītía
Genitive	τοῦ σῑτῐ́ου toû sītíou	τοῖν σῑτῐ́οιν toîn sītíoin	τῶν σῑτῐ́ων tôn sītíōn
Dative	τῷ σῑτῐ́ῳ tôi sītíōi	τοῖν σῑτῐ́οιν toîn sītíoin	τοῖς σῑτῐ́οις toîs sītíois
Accusative	τὸ σῑτῐ́ον tò sītíon	τὼ σῑτῐ́ω tṑ sītíō	τᾰ̀ σῑτῐ́ᾰ tà sītía
Vocative	σῑτῐ́ον sītíon	σῑτῐ́ω sītíō	σῑτῐ́ᾰ sītía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σιτίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σιτίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette