Χοίνικες
choinix, choenix
Translated by David Whitehead4 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The noun means not only the measure [sc. of that name], but also fetters.1
Choinikes are fetters of a certain kind; a choinix [is] anything rounded. Hence also the measure is named a choinix. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "your shins are crying out, woe woe, craving the choinikes and the fetters."2
Choinikes are fetters of a certain kind; a choinix [is] anything rounded. Hence also the measure is named a choinix. Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "your shins are crying out, woe woe, craving the choinikes and the fetters."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χοίνικες· οὐ μόνον τὸ μέτρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς πέδας σημαίνει τὸ ὄνομα. αἱ χοίνικες πέδαι τινές εἰσι· χοῖνιξ δὲ πᾶν περιφερές. διὸ καὶ τὸ μέτρον χοῖνιξ καλεῖται. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· αἱ κνῆμαι δέ σου βοῶσιν, ἰοὺ ἰού, τὰς χοίνικας καὶ τὰς πέδας ποθοῦσαι.
Betacode
*xoi/nikes: ou) mo/non to\ me/tron, a)lla\ kai\ ta\s pe/das shmai/nei to\ o)/noma. ai( xoi/nikes pe/dai tine/s ei)si: xoi=nic de\ pa=n perifere/s. dio\ kai\ to\ me/tron xoi=nic kalei=tai. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ai( knh=mai de/ sou bow=sin, i)ou\ i)ou/, ta\s xoi/nikas kai\ ta\s pe/das poqou=sai.
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External resources
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Linked from6 entries
- η326Ἡμιεκτέονhemi-hekteusA measure, that is, of four choinikes; for the bushel [medimnos] is of 48 choinikes. So the sixth [hekteus] of these [is] 8 choinikes. The hemi-hekteus, that is the twelfth part of the 48 choinikes, [is] 4. Hemi-hekteus…
- η337Ἡμιμέδιμνονhalf-bushel[Meaning a] measure of 24 choinikes.
- κ1902Κοδάλου χοίνιξKodalos' choenixA proverb [used] in reference to to those using rather large measures.
- μ255Μάστακαjaws; morsel[Meaning] something chewed, food. Both the mouth and the thing chewed are so called as homonyms, like choinix for both the measure and the thing measured.
- μ403ΜέδιμνονbushelA measure of 48 choinikes. And [there is] a proverb: 'I am measuring out from my father's money by a bushel'; in reference to people expecting great and substantive benefit.
- χ591Χοίνικεςchoinix, choenix[Meaning the units] by which Egyptians measure [time-]periods. "The category of supremely contemplative souls [is] rarer than that of the choinix, by which Egyptians measure [time-]periods; the likes of Amous and…
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