σιτάριον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

σῖτος (sîtos, grain, corn, bread) +‎ -άριον (-árion, diminutive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῑτάρῐον (sītárionn (genitive σῑτᾰρίου); second declension

  1. a little bit of corn or bread

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: σιτάρι (sitári)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῖτος (> DER > diminutive σιτ-άριον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1336-7

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