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σῑτομετρ-έω

sitometreo

deal out portions of corn

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Where it lives

Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k

What it meant

σῑτομετρ-έω · sitometr-eō — LSJ

deal out portions of corn, provisions, hold office of σιτομέτρης

deal out portions of corn or provisions, Plb. Fr. 75; τινι D.S. 13.58: c. acc. cogn., σ. σῖτον LXX Ge. 47.12; hold office of σιτομέτρης, IGRom. 3.516 (Cadyanda).

2 supply, with provisions, victual, have, served out, rations

trans., σ. δύναμιν supply a force with provisions, victual it, Plb. 4.63.10, etc.; τὸν δῆμον IG 12 (7).389.15 (Aegiale, ii B.C.):—Pass., οἱ πεζοὶ σιτομετροῦνταί τι they have it served out as rations, Plb. 6.39.13, cf. IGRom. 3.679 (Tlos).— Phryn. 360, Thom.Mag. p.335R., object to the word, preferring σῖτον μετροῦμαι.

In the wild

ἐσιτομέτρει · esitometrei Septuaginta, Genesis 47
ἐσιτομέτρει · esitometrei Septuaginta, Genesis 47

Where it came from

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