See also: chœnix

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek χοῖνιξ (khoînix).

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Noun

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choenix (plural choenixes or choenices)

  1. (historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
    • 1942, “Erato”, in George Rawlinson, transl., The Persian Wars[1], translation of original by Herodotus:
      If the kings do not come to the public supper, each of them must have two choenixes of meal and a cotyle of wine sent home to him at his house; if they come, they are given a double quantity of each, and the same when any private man invites them to his table.

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  • chœnix in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911