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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos).
Noun
medimnus (plural medimnes)
- (historical) A unit of dry capacity, in Ancient Greece, equal to about 52-58 litres, according to region and era.
1942, “Erato”, in George Rawlinson, transl., The Persian Wars, translation of original by Herodotus:Every month, on the first day, and again on the seventh of the first decade, each king receives a beast without blemish at the public cost, which he offers up to Apollo; likewise a medimnus of meal, and of wine a Laconian quart.
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