χοῖνιξ, ῐκος, ἡ,
choenix, a dry measure, especially for corn, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.192, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the choenix of corn was one man's daily allowance, [[ [prev. author] 7.187; ἡ γὰρ χ. ἡμερησία τροφή 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.18 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; given to slaves, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence, ὅς κεν ἐμῆς γε χοίνικος ἅπτηται, i. e. whoever eats of my bread, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.28: proverbial, ἐπὶ χοίνικος καθέζεσθαι,] Refs 8th c.BC+] i. e. sit idle, live in idleness, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 197, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.703f, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.452e, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ τὴν χ. ἔτι λήψει (of gold) [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 27; χ. Ἀττική (1/48 of the μέδιμνος = 4 κοτύλαι) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Papyrus usually abbreviated χ, as in [[ “PCair.Zen.” 645.11 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 1044.3 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II from the like ness of shape, a kind of stocks for fastening the legs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 276, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.129. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III ={χοινικίς} VI, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 782 a. 7 (3rd c.BC), probably in “Supp.epigram” 4.447.48 (Didyma, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]