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choenixes

choenixes is the plural 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

Questions about choenixes

What is choenixes the plural of?
Choenixes is the plural of choenix.

Words near choenixes in the dictionary

  1. chods
  2. Choe
  3. Choeac
  4. choenices
  5. choenix
  6. choenixes
  7. choes
  8. choffer
  9. choffers
  10. chog
  11. choga

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