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σχοῖνος

σχοῖνος, a rush, reed; rope, cord; an Egyptian land measure

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σχοῖνόν masculine accusative singular of σχοῖνος

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σχοῖνος, ὁ, also ἡ, (Ar. Fr. 34, Pl. 541 (anap.), Theoc. 7.133, Call. Fr. 481, Dsc. 4.52, etc.):—
  • rush, Hdt. 4.190, etc.; πλεκτὴ σ. Ar. Fr. l.c.; στιβὰς σχοίνων Id. Pl. l.c. (anap.); σχοῖνοι ἐπὶ τὰς ὀροφάς IG 2(2).1672.101; esp. camel-hay, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus, Thphr. HP 9.7.1, CP 6.18.1, Od. 25, 33, D.S. 2.49, Dsc. 1.17; σ. εὔοσμος Thphr. CP 6.18.1; σ. εὐώδης Hp. Mul. 1.78, cf. 2.192, Nat.Mul. 33, Aret. CA 2.8.
        • b σ. ὀξύς, σ. ἑλεία, σ. λεία, = ὀξύσχοινος, Thphr. HP 4.12.1, Dsc. 4.52, Gal. 12.136; σ. κάρπιμος, = μελαγκρανίς, Thphr. HP 4.12.1; σ. Εὐριπική, = ὁλόσχοινος, Dsc. 4.52, cf. Plin. HN 21.119 (its flower was called σχοίνου ἄνθος, Arist. Fr. 110).
      • 2 reed, used as an arrow or javelin, Batr. 253 (as v.l.); as a ‘thorn in the side’, Ar. Ach. 230; as a spit, Pl.Com. 201; as a pen, LXX Je. 8.8; as a means of exploring a narrow and crooked passage in the skull, καθιέντας ἢ σ. ἢ ὑείαν τρίχα Gal. UP 9.10.
      • 3 rush-bed, Od. 5.463, Pi. O. 6.54, Arist. Mete. 359b1.
    • II anything twisted or plaited of rushes, esp. rope, cord, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.66, 5.16, Pl. Ti. 78b, etc.
      • 2 fence round a garden, APl. 16.255.
      • 3 strap of a bed, AP 5.293.12 (Agath., pl.).
    • III a land-measure, used esp. in Egypt, δύναται ὁ σ., μέτρον ἐὼν Αἰγύπτιον, ἑξήκοντα στάδια Hdt. 2.6; but varying in length acc. to Artemid. ap. Str. 17.1.24, cf. ib. 41, Plin. HN 6.124; = 40 στάδια acc. to Eratosth. ap. Plin. HN 12.53; 30 or 48 acc. to Hero *Geom. 23.20,43; τῷ μεγάλῳ (corrected to δικαίῳ) σ. PCair.Zen. 132.7 (iii B.C.), cf. 172.4, al.; also τέχνῃ κρίνετε, μὴ σχοίνῳ Περσίδι τὴν σοφίην Call. Aet. Oxy. 2079.18 [Fr. 1.18 Pf. ] (cf. Fr. 481).

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