schoenus
See also: Schoenus
English
Etymology
From 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
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʰoe̯.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskɛː.nus]
Noun
schoenus m (genitive schoenī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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.