Chönix

As a measure of volume, Chönix was a measure of antiquity and was different in different cultures. One generally understood this measure to be an ordinary amount of grain for a person's daily diet.

• Greeks 1 Chönix = 4 Kotylä / Kotule = 1/48 Medimnos (1 Medimno = 52.8 liters) = 1.1 liters
• Romans 1 Chönix = 2 sextarii
• 1 chönix = 180 drachmas

See also

• Old weights and measures (ancient)

literature

• Chönix . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 4 . Altenburg 1858, p. 80 ( zeno.org ).
• Herder: Kleines Konversations-Lexikon (5 volumes). Volume 2, Herdersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1854, p. 100 ( online at Zeno.org .).