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  "headword": "χοῖνιξ",
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          "definition": "<i>choenix,</i> a dry measure, esp. for corn, Hdt. 1.192, etc.; the <i>choenix</i> of corn was one manʼs 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 my <i>bread,</i> Od. 19.28: prov., ἐπὶ χοίνικος καθέζεσθαι, i. e. sit idle, live in idleness, Pythag. ap. Arist. Fr. 197, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.703f, Ath. 10.452e, Ael. VH 1.26; οὐδὲ τὴν χ. ἔτι λήψει (of gold) Luc. Nav. 27; χ. Ἀττική (1/48 of the μέδιμνος = 4 κοτύλαι) X. An. 1.5.6; in Pap. usu. abbreviated χ, as in PCair.Zen. 645.11 (iii B. C.), POxy. 1044.3 (ii A. D.), etc.",
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                "quote": "ἡ γὰρ χ. ἡμερησία τροφή",
                "ref": "D.L. 8.18",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>stocks</i> for fastening the legs, Ar. Pl. 276, D. 18.129.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "PCair.Zen. 782 a.7 (iii B. C.), prob. in Supp.Epigr. 4.447.48 ( Didyma, ii B. C.).",
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