medimnus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos).
Noun
medimnus (plural medimnes)
- (historical) A unit of dry capacity, in Ancient Greece, equal to about 52-58 litres, according to region and era.
- 1942, George Rawlinson, transl., “Erato”, in The Persian Wars[1], translation of original by Herodotus:
- Every month, on the first day, and again on the seventh of the first decade, each king receives a beast without blemish at the public cost, which he offers up to Apollo; likewise a medimnus of meal, and of wine a Laconian quart.
Translations
unit of dry capacity
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