χοῖνιξ, ῐκος, ἡ,
choenix, a dry measure, especially for corn, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; the
choenix of corn was one man's daily allowance, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; given to slaves, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence, ὅς κεν ἐμῆς γε χοίνικος ἅπτηται, i. e. whoever eats of my
bread, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] i. e. sit idle, live in idleness, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ τὴν χ. ἔτι λήψει (of gold) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Papyrus usually abbreviated χ, as in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) from the like ness of shape, a kind of
stocks for fastening the legs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) ={χοινικίς} VI, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]