medimnus

That way, there will be citizen rolls and the apparatus to issue grain chits, be they for free grain or that one subsidized monthly medimnus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

However, these laws apply only to the amount of grain a small family consumes during the course of one month—the medimnus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

The Greek measure, a medimnus, consisted of five modii.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

That way, there will be citizen rolls and the apparatus to issue grain chits, be they for free grain or that one subsidized monthly medimnus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

The Greek measure, a medimnus, consisted of five modii.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

However, these laws apply only to the amount of grain a small family consumes during the course of one month—the medimnus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Any Alexandrian buying more than one medimnus a month will have to pay the going rate.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Any Alexandrian buying more than one medimnus a month will have to pay the going rate.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Show me first what you hold, what you measure, or what you weigh; and show me the scales or the medimnus; or how long will you go on measuring the dust?

The Discourses of Epictetus 2004

Sheep are much improved in condition by drinking, and accordingly they give the flocks salt every five days in summer, to the extent of one medimnus to the hundred sheep, and this is found to render a flock healthier and fatter.

The History of Animals 2002