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From Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos).

noun medimnoi · medimn · medimno · medimnus

historical A unit of dry capacity, in Ancient Greece, equal to about 52-58 litres, according to region and era. Every month, on the first day, and again on the seventh of the first decade, each king receives a beast without blemish at the public cost, which he offers up to Apollo; likewise a medimnus of meal, and of wine a Laconian quart.

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noun unit of dry capacity

Italiano	medimno

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@misc{medimnos_2026,
  title = {medimnos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/medimnos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}