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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʰôi̯.nos/ → /ˈsçy.nos/ → /ˈsçi.nos/
Noun
σχοῖνος • (skhoînos) m (genitive σχοίνου); second declension
- rush, especially camel hay (Cymbopogon schoenanthus)
- reed, used as an arrow or javelin
- rush bed
- anything twisted or plaited with rushes, especially rope, cord
- schene, an Egyptian land measure of length equivalent to 20,000 Egyptian cubits (about 10.5 kilometres)
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