“schœne”的英文意思_释义_用法

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schœne

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† schœne Obs.
Also schene.
[ad. L. schœnus, a. Gr. σχοῖνος, commonly believed to be a use of σχοῖνος rush, rope, but possibly a foreign word. Cf. F. schène.]
An ancient measure of distance mentioned by Gr. writers and Pliny (chiefly as in use among the Persians); the length is variously stated at from 30 to 60 stadia (= 3½ to 7 miles).
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 300 Islande..is extended betwene the south and the north almost two hundreth schoenes in longitude.1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 274 Measure not wisedome by the Persian Schœne.1615G. Sandys Trav. 132 Three Schœnes aboue the South angle of the Delta, (each Schœne containing fiue miles at the least, and sometimes seuen and a half).1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 112 In Aegypt they reckon by Schœnes of various Magnitude, some 60, some 40, some 20 Furlongs.

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