Meaning of chœnices | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“The Ethiopians bordering on Egypt, whom Cambyses subdued when he marched against the Macrobian‐Ethiopians, and who dwell about the sacred city of Nysa, and celebrate⟳ festivals of Bacchus — these Ethiopians and their neighbors use⟳ the same grain as the Calantian Indians, and live⟳ in subterraneous dwellings — both these bring⟳ every third year, and they continued to do so to my time, two chœnices of unmolten gold, two hundred blocks of ebony, five Ethiopian boys, and twenty large elephants’ tusks.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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