Μέδιμνον
bushel
Translated by David Whitehead9 Mar 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μέδιμνον· μέτρον χοινίκων μηʹ. καὶ παροιμία· Μεδίμνῳ ἀπομετρῶ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀργύριον· ἐπὶ τῶν μεγάλην καὶ ἀθρόαν προσδοκώντων ὠφέλειαν.
Betacode
*me/dimnon: me/tron xoini/kwn mh#. kai\ paroimi/a: *medi/mnw| a)pometrw= para\ tou= patro\s a)rgu/rion: e)pi\ tw=n mega/lhn kai\ a)qro/an prosdokw/ntwn w)fe/leian.
Notes (2)
Linked from5 entries
- α4671ἈχάνηachaneIt is a Persian measure, just like the artabe amongst Egyptians. It measured 45 Attic medimnoi, as Aristotle attests. But others say that it is a box, into which those preparing for pilgrimages used to put their…
- ε644Ἑκτεύςhekteus, sextary, sixthIt is a measure, which they say is the same as the choinix. Aristophanes [writes]: "so do you know that you have lost a sixth of wheat?". That is, three obols' worth.
- 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.
- μ404ΜέδιμνονbushelIt is a measure of dry goods such as wheat or barley. Thus a bushel [is] six modii, so as to be a measure of 72 xestai, i.e. 108 litrai.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- add. keyword; set status — Antonella Ippolito
- Translated — David Whitehead