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chœnix

chœnix is the obsolete form of choenix.

Meaning of choenix

Noun

choenix (plural choenixes or choenices)

  1. (historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
    • 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.1942, “Erato”, in George Rawlinson, transl., The Persian Wars, translation of original by Herodotus

Forms of chœnix

pluralchœnixes
pluralchœnices

Questions about chœnix

What is chœnix the obsolete form of?
Chœnix is the obsolete form of choenix.

Words near chœnix in the dictionary

  1. Chüy
  2. chōnin
  3. chŏnse
  4. Chœac
  5. chœnices
  6. chœnix
  7. chœnixes
  8. Chūbu
  9. chūnibyō
  10. Chūō
  11. Chūō-ku

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chœnix (page history and authors); choenix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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