Ἡμίεκτον καὶ ἡμιμέδιμνον
half-hekteus and half-bushel
Translated by David Whitehead24 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
With the bushel having forty-eight choinikes, the half-bushel obviously has twenty-four. A half-hekteus is what contains four choinikes; for the hekteus [is] eight choinikes.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡμίεκτον καὶ ἡμιμέδιμνον· τοῦ μεδίμνου ἔχοντος χοίνικας μηʹ, τὸ ἡμιμέδιμνον δηλονότι τὰς κδʹ εἶχεν. ἡμίεκτον δὲ τὸ χωροῦν δʹ χοίνικας· τὸ γὰρ ἕκτον χοίνικες ηʹ.
Betacode
*(hmi/ekton kai\ h(mime/dimnon: tou= medi/mnou e)/xontos xoi/nikas mh#, to\ h(mime/dimnon dhlono/ti ta\s kd# ei)=xen. h(mi/ekton de\ to\ xwrou=n d# xoi/nikas: to\ ga\r e(/kton xoi/nikes h#.
Notes
Linked from2 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…
- η327Ἡμίεκτονhalf-hekteus, hemi-hekteus[Meaning] the half of the hekteus.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Jul 2011
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- x-refs; another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Raised status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead