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medimnum

medimnum · n

a Greek bushel

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
In C. Verrem 40 · 3.98/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 3 · 1.77/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 1 · 0.94/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

mĕdimnum — Lewis & Short

mĕdimnum, i, n., and mĕdim-nus, i, m., = me/dimnos, a Greek measure of corn,

I a Greek bushel (containing six modii): primus, secundus, tertius medimnus, Lucil. ap. Non. 213, 21; so in masc. form, Nep. Att. 2 fin.: medimnum tritici seritur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112: ut quot jugera sunt sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur, id. ib. 2, 3, 47, § 113; in gen. plur.: medimnūm, id. ib.; so id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 84; 2, 3, 39, § 90; Varr. ap. Non. 495, 32 (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 107).

In the wild

medimna Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.56
Medimni Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.30.p2
medimnum Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.73
medimna Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.173
medimnum Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.13.13
medimna Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.77

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Where it came from

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