schoenus

See also: Schoenus

English

Etymology

From Latin [Term?].

Noun

schoenus (plural schoeni)

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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos).

Pronunciation

Noun

schoenus m (genitive schoenī); second declension

  1. A kind of aromatic reed
  2. A measure of distance among the Persians

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

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.