† sitarchn.

Forms: 1600s sitarch, 1600s sitark.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek σιτάρχης, σίταρχος.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek σιτάρχης or σίταρχος commissary general < ancient Greek σῖτος corn, food (see sito- comb. form) + -άρχης or -αρχος -arch comb. form¹.Compare the following earlier example of sitarchy province responsible for providing food for the king's household ( < post-classical Latin sitarchia; already in classical Latin as sītarchia in sense ‘provisions for a journey’ (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius)):1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World ii. vii. 358 Dor..was a strong and powerfull Citie: and the fourth in account of those twelue Principalities or Sitarchies, which Salomon ereced.

Obsolete. rare.

A person responsible for procuring provisions; a purveyor.Only attested in dictionaries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier

purveyor1340

supplier1384

purveyoressc1400

providerc1485

suppeditator1542

furnisher1611

subministrator1625

sitarch1656

caterer1706

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sitark, he that hath the Office to provide Corn, and Victuals sufficient.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Sitarch, a Pourveyor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020).

单词	sitarch
释义	† sitarchn. Forms: 1600s sitarch, 1600s sitark. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek σιτάρχης, σίταρχος. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek σιτάρχης or σίταρχος commissary general < ancient Greek σῖτος corn, food (see sito- comb. form) + -άρχης or -αρχος -arch comb. form¹.Compare the following earlier example of sitarchy province responsible for providing food for the king's household ( < post-classical Latin sitarchia; already in classical Latin as sītarchia in sense ‘provisions for a journey’ (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius)):1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World ii. vii. 358 Dor..was a strong and powerfull Citie: and the fourth in account of those twelue Principalities or Sitarchies, which Salomon ereced. Obsolete. rare. A person responsible for procuring provisions; a purveyor.Only attested in dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier purveyor1340 supplier1384 purveyoressc1400 providerc1485 suppeditator1542 furnisher1611 subministrator1625 sitarch1656 caterer1706 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sitark, he that hath the Office to provide Corn, and Victuals sufficient. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Sitarch, a Pourveyor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020). < n.1656
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