σιταρχία

A. commissariat, victualling department, IG 5(2).266.36 (Mantinea, i B.C.), Ph. 2.64, etc.

II. a soldier's pay in money, Arist. Oec. 1350a36 (v.l. ‐αρκία), 1351b16, 1353b2, IG 92(1).3 A 38 (Thermum, iii B.C.); opp. σιτομετ ρία (pay in kind), PHal. 1.159 (iii B.C.), cf. PAmh. 2.29.22 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 729.2 (ii B.C.), UPZ 16.7 (ii B.C.).

2. pay in kind, provisions, Ph. Bel. 101.51 (pl.); τὰ σύμβολα τῶν ς., ἐξαρτίσας αὐτὸν ταῖς ς., BGU 1755.5,10, cf. 1749.15 (both i B.C.), etc.

3. generally, provision, maintenance, ib.948.14 (iv/v A.D.); ἡ ἀναγκαία τροφὴ ἤτοι ς. PLond. 5.1708.118 (vi A.D.).