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medimnus

medimnus 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 medimnus

pluralmedimnes
pluralmedimni

Questions about medimnus

What is medimnus the alternative form of?
Medimnus is the alternative form of medimnos.

Words near medimnus in the dictionary

  1. medimnes
  2. medimno
  3. medimnoi
  4. medimnos
  5. medimns
  6. medimnus
  7. Medin
  8. medina
  9. Medina County
  10. Medina del Campo
  11. Medinan

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