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medimn

medimn is the alternative form of medimnos.

Meaning of medimnos

Noun

medimnos (plural medimnoi)

  1. (historical) A unit of dry capacity, in Ancient Greece, equal to about 52-58 litres, according to region and era.
    • Every month, on the first day, and again on the seventh of the first decade, each king receives a beast without blemish at the public cost, which he offers up to Apollo; likewise a medimnus of meal, and of wine a Laconian quart.1942, “Erato”, in George Rawlinson, transl., The Persian Wars, translation of original by Herodotus

Forms of medimn

pluralmedimns

Questions about medimn

What is medimn the alternative form of?
Medimn is the alternative form of medimnos.

Words near medimn in the dictionary

  1. medigoxin
  2. medii
  3. medikit
  4. medikits
  5. Medill
  6. medimn
  7. medimnes
  8. medimno
  9. medimnoi
  10. medimnos
  11. medimns

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