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σῑτ-ίζω

sitizo

feed, to be fattened, eat

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

σῑτ-ίζω · sit-izō — LSJ

feed, to be fattened, eat

feed an infant, Hdt. 6.52, Ar. Eq. 716, Mnesith. ap. Orib. inc. 19.3; κύνας Isoc. 1.29; τοὺς ἀλεκτρυόνας σκόροδα σ. X. Smp. 4.9:—Pass., to be fattened, PCair.Zen. 464.4 (iii B.C.); = σιτέομαι, eat, c. acc., πρῶκας σιτίζεται Theoc. 4.16, cf. Philostr. VA 3.26: metaph., τὸν Ἰσαῖον ὅλον σεσίτισται (of Demosthenes), Pytheas ap. D.H. Is. 4.

In the wild

σιτίζειν · sitizein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7354)
σιτίσαι · sitisai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7133)
σιτίζουσι · sitizousi Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5763)
σιτίζει · sitizei Herodotus, Histories 6.52.6 (DIORISIS sentence 6455)
σιτίσαντες · sitisantes Xenophon, Symposium 4.9 (DIORISIS sentence 263)

Where it came from

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