phīlĭtĭa (in MSS. also phīdĭtĭa), ōrum, n., = φιλίτια (φιδίτια and φειδιτια),
the public meals of the Lacedaemonians , Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98.
philitia ōrum, n , φιλίτια, the public meals of the Lacedaemonians. ...
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