σῑταρχ-ία · sitarch-ia — LSJ
commissariat, victualling department
commissariat, victualling department, IG 5(2).266.36 (Mantinea, i B.C.), Ph. 2.64, etc.
II a soldierʼs pay in money
a soldierʼs pay in money, Arist. Oec. 1350a36 (v.l. -αρκία), 1351b16, 1353b2, IG 92(1).3 A 38 (Thermum, iii B.C.); opp. σιτομετρία (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
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 provision, maintenance
generally, provision, maintenance, ib. 948.14 (iv/v A.D.); ἡ ἀναγκαία τροφὴ ἤτοι σ. PLond. 5.1708.118 (vi A.D.).