σίτησις
εως, ἡ
A.
eating, feeding, ἐπὶ σιτήσι for home consumption, opp. πρῆσις, Hdt. 4.17; ς. καὶ δίαιτα Pl. R. 404d; ς. ἐν Πρυτανείῳ public maintenance in the Prytaneum, Ar. Ra. 764, cf. IG 12.77, And. 4.31, Pl. Ap. 37a, OGI 49.12 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.): abs., σίτησιν αἰτῆσαι Ar. Eq. 574; γέρα . . δίδοται . . ς. Timocl. 8.18: pl., D. 20.107.
II.
food, σίτησιν εἶναι κρέα ἑφθά Hdt. 3.23, cf. Thphr. HP 8.4.3.