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. IG12.77, And.4.31, Pl.Ap.37a, OGI49.12 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.): abs., “σίτησιν αἰτῆσαι” Ar.Eq.574; γέρα . . δίδοται . . ς. Timocl.8.18: pl., D.20.107.
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