אָפְסַנְיָא, (ὀψώνιον, cmp. אָפְסוֹנִין) provision, esp. supply and pay for an army. Snh. 18ᵇ מלך משום א׳ the king (is excluded from the court deciding on the intercalation of a thirteenth month) on account of the soldiers’ pay (it being to his interest to create an embolistic year). Ib. II, 4 (21ᵇ) (Mish. a. Ib. ed. אספ׳ throughout the whole page, Ms. M. אפס׳) כדי ליתן א׳ as much as is required for the stipends he has to pay. Y. Snh. II, 20ᶜ top אפסנייא.—Pl. אָפְסַנְיוֹת (doubtful, prob. אַכְסַנְיוּת). Cant. R. to I, 2 שהיה מהלך א׳ (read מחלק, ed. אפסיניות, אפיסניות). Sifré Deut. 328; Yalk. ib. 946 אָפְסַנְיָאוֹת.