schene
Meanings
noun
- An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin schoenus, from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “a rush, a reed, a land measure”).
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