English Explanatory Dictionary

schoinion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Byzantine unit equal to 20,000 Greek feet or 33⅓ stades.

Word forms

schoinion schoinia skhoinion

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχοινίον (skhoiníon).

Related words

schoenus
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