schoenus

See also: Schoenus

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?]

Noun

schoenus (plural schoeni)

1. (historical) An ancient unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.

Related terms

• schoinion

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰoe̯.nus/, [ˈs̠kʰoe̯nʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈske.nus/, [ˈskɛːnus]

Noun

schoenus m (genitive schoenī); second declension

1. A kind of aromatic reed
2. A measure of distance among the Persians

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	schoenus	schoenī
Genitive	schoenī	schoenōrum
Dative	schoenō	schoenīs
Accusative	schoenum	schoenōs
Ablative	schoenō	schoenīs
Vocative	schoene	schoenī

Descendants

• Translingual: Schoenus

References

• “schoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• schoenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.