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khoinix

khoinix is the alternative 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 khoinix

pluralkhoinikes

Questions about khoinix

What is khoinix the alternative form of?
Khoinix is the alternative form of choenix.

Words near khoinix in the dictionary

  1. Khoikhois
  2. Khoiliphapa
  3. Khoinaijam
  4. Khoinam
  5. khoinikes
  6. khoinix
  7. Khoiriphaba
  8. Khoirom
  9. Khois
  10. Khoisan
  11. Khoisanist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: khoinix (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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