σιτίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῖτος (sîtos, “grain”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, 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 • (sītĭ́on) 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 sītĭ́on	τὼ σῑτῐ́ω tṑ sītĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῑτῐ́ᾰ tằ sītĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ σῑτῐ́ου toû sītĭ́ou	τοῖν σῑτῐ́οιν toîn sītĭ́oin	τῶν σῑτῐ́ων tôn sītĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σῑτῐ́ῳ tôi sītĭ́ōi	τοῖν σῑτῐ́οιν toîn sītĭ́oin	τοῖς σῑτῐ́οις toîs sītĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σῑτῐ́ον tò sītĭ́on	τὼ σῑτῐ́ω tṑ sītĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σῑτῐ́ᾰ tằ sītĭ́ă
Vocative	σῑτῐ́ον sītĭ́on	σῑτῐ́ω sītĭ́ō	σῑτῐ́ᾰ sītĭ́ă
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