medimnus

medimnus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos).

Noun

medimnus (plural medimnes)

1. (historical) A unit of dry capacity, in Ancient Greece, equal to about 52-58 litres, according to region and era.
   • 1942, George Rawlinson, transl., “Erato”, in The Persian Wars‎, translation of original by Herodotus:

     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.

Translations

unit of dry capacity

Greek: Ancient: μέδιμνος m (médimnos)

Italian: medimno m