sitarchia

sītarchĭa, ae, f., = σιταρχία.

• Provisions for a journey, Ap. Met. 2, 11, 8; Hier. Comment. in Matt. med.; Vit. Malch. 10; Schol. Juv. 12, 61.—
• II Meton., a receptacle for such provisions, a scrip, Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 7; Isid. 20, 9, 6.

sītarchia u. sītarcia, ae, f. (σιταρκία), die Kiste Sür Speisevorräte, die Speisekiste, bes. für Seereifen, die Proviantkiste, Form sitarch., Apul. met. 2, 11. Schol. Iuven. 12, 61: Form sitarc., Hieron. vit. Malch. § 10 Vali. Vulg. 1. regg. 9, 7. Augustin. serm. de cant. nov. § 2. Isid. orig. 20, 9, 6.

sitarchia [CL < σιταρχία], provisions for a journey, bag or wallet to carry them. b place for storing or safekeeping, chest. panis defecit in ~iis nostris, et sportulam non habemus Bede Sam. 556A; sitarcium, viaticum GlC S 322; 790 vae ‥ quia vinum defecit in sitharchiis nostris Alcuin Ep. 8; 10‥ in sitharciis, in fætelsum WW; ~ia, metefætels vel sceatcod Ælf. Gl. 107; amisso †sestertio [MS: sistarchio] prorupit in clamorem ‘vae, viatica nostra perdidi’ W. Cant. Mir. Thom. III 30; nichil in manibus habens preter baculum, nichil in sytarchia preter subulam Devizes f. 39r; sitharcia bursa est vel sacculus itinerancium in quo solent deferre panem et reponere ea que ad viaticum necessaria sunt in via Bart. Angl. XIX 129; s1213 quippe qui longa expeditione vexati, non facile possent tantum opus exhaustis aggredi cistarchiis W. Coventr. II 212; defecit pecunia in cistarciis Graystanes 46 p. 115; walet, sek, or poke, sistarcia, -e, vel sistercia PP.  b 1247 cophinum ‥ regis magnum continentem ornamenta capelle sue, una cum longo cophino continente vasa sua et duas cistaridas regis ad regem mittat Cl 12; argenteum a ~io volens extrahere, extraxit aureum G. S. Alb. I 180; 1256 mittant ad regem ‥ omnes cysterias regis Cl 434; sistarca, A. an almarye WW.

sītarchĭa, æ, f. (σιταρχία), intendance des vivres, approvisionnement : Apul. M. 2, 11.