[Lat., a. Gr. χοῖνιξ.] A dry measure of ancient Greece, variously estimated at one quart, and 11/2 pints imperial measure.
1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 15. Sit not upon the measure Chœnix.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., V. xvi. 183. If one Chœnix of wheat be sold for a penny.
1853. Hickie, trans. Aristoph. (1872), II. 619. Pay … a chœnix of chick-peas.
