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medimn Antiq. rare.|mɪˈdɪm|
Also 7 medimne.
[ad. L. medimnus, a. Gr. µέδιµνος. Cf. F. médimne. English writers usually employ the Latin form; pl. medimnī.]
An ancient Greek measure of capacity, equal to about 12 gallons.
1600Holland Livy xxxviii. xiii. 990 The Consull imposed upon them a paiment of..10000 medimnes of wheat. 1658Phillips, Medimne, a certain measure, containing six bushels. 1807Robinson Archæol. Græca i. ii. 23 Those who were worth five-hundred medimns of commodities were placed in the first class. [1847Grote Greece ii. xi. III. 155 Those whose annual income was equal to 500 medimni of corn..and upwards, one medimnus being considered equivalent to one drachma in money.] |