χοῖνιξ,ῐκος,ἡ,
A. choenix,a dry measure, esp. for corn, Hdt. 1.192 , etc.; thechoenixof corn was one man's daily allowance, Id. 7.187 ; ἡ γὰρ χ. ἡμερησία τροφή
D.L. 8.18
; given to slaves, Th. 4.16 ; hence,ὅς κεν ἐμῆς γε χοίνικος ἅπτηται,i. e. whoever eats of mybread,
Od. 19.28 : prov.,ἐπὶ χοίνικος καθέζεσθαι,i. e. sit idle, live in idleness, Pythag. ap. Arist. Fr. 197 , cf. Plu. 2.703f , Ath. 10.452e , Ael. VH 1.26 ;οὐδὲ τὴν χ. ἔτι λήψει(of gold) Luc. Nav. 27 ;χ. Ἀττική( 1 / 48 of theμέδιμνος =
4
κοτύλαι) X. An. 1.5.6 ; in Pap. usu. abbreviatedχ, as in PCair.Zen. 645.11
(iii B. C.), POxy. 1044.3
(ii A. D.), etc.
II. from thelikeness of shape, a kind ofstocksfor fastening the legs, Ar. Pl. 276 , D. 18.129 .
III.
= χοινικίς VI, PCair.Zen. 782
a.