schoenus

See also: Schoenus

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?]

Noun

schoenus (plural schoeni)

(historical) An ancient unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.

Related terms

schoinion

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰoe̯.nus/, [ˈs̠kʰoe̯nʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈske.nus/, [ˈskɛːnus]

Noun

schoenus m (genitive schoenī); second declension

A kind of aromatic reed
A measure of distance among the Persians

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	schoenus	schoenī
Genitive	schoenī	schoenōrum
Dative	schoenō	schoenīs
Accusative	schoenum	schoenōs
Ablative	schoenō	schoenīs
Vocative	schoene	schoenī

Descendants

Translingual: Schoenus

References

“schoenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
schoenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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