Chous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chous is a noun meaning plural of chou.
Meaning
plural of chou.
More Meanings
- A squat, rounded form of oenochoe with a trefoil mouth.
- An Ancient Greek unit of liquid measure correspondent to 12 cotylae.
Example Sentences
It follows that the seah must equal the urna, and the hin equal 2 Attic choes.
[…] a jar, of two metretai; a bronze jug, of four choes, and spouted cup; a tray for cups, and a second one; […]
The amounts are significant: 8 choes of wine equals 6 gallons; a medimnos equals 48 khoinikes. A single khoinix was a day’s grain ration for a man in Athens.
Amphoreis of wine [- - -] : 590, three choes¹² […] 12. I.e., 590 amphoreis (a unit of measurement probably equivalent to 12 choes) + three choes = 7,083 choes.
Word Forms
- choes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cabbage, attic, khous, oinochoe, cherute, chaoush.
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