σιτάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

σῖτος (sîtos, “grain, corn, bread”) +‎ -άριον (-árion, “diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.tá.ri.on/ → /siˈta.ri.on/ → /siˈta.ri.on/

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

Noun

σῑτάρῐον • (sītárĭon) n (genitive σῑτᾰρίου); second declension

1. a little bit of corn or bread

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σῑτᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ σῑτᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑτᾰ́ρῐον tò sītắrĭon	τὼ σῑτᾰρῐ́ω tṑ sītărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῑτᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ sītắrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σῑτᾰρῐ́ου toû sītărĭ́ou	τοῖν σῑτᾰρῐ́οιν toîn sītărĭ́oin	τῶν σῑτᾰρῐ́ων tôn sītărĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σῑτᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi sītărĭ́ōi	τοῖν σῑτᾰρῐ́οιν toîn sītărĭ́oin	τοῖς σῑτᾰρῐ́οις toîs sītărĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σῑτᾰ́ρῐον tò sītắrĭon	τὼ σῑτᾰρῐ́ω tṑ sītărĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῑτᾰ́ρῐᾰ tằ sītắrĭă
Vocative	σῑτᾰ́ρῐον sītắrĭon	σῑτᾰρῐ́ω sītărĭ́ō	σῑτᾰ́ρῐᾰ sītắrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σιτάρι (sitári)

Further reading

• σιτάριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σιτάριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “σιτάριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σιτάριον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011