noun · neutersecond declension
medimnum
medimnum n (genitive medimnī)
Meaning
- neuterA Greek dry measure similar to a bushel
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | medimnum | medimna |
| genitive | medimnī | medimnōrum |
| dative | medimnō | medimnīs |
| accusative | medimnum | medimna |
| ablative | medimnō | medimnīs |
| vocative | medimnum | medimna |
mĕdimnum, i, n., and mĕdim-nus, i, m., = μέδιμνος, 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).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
medimnum ī, n (C.), and medimnus, ī, m
(N.), a Greek dry measure, Greek bushel: tritici: septem milia medimnūm.