schoenen.

Brit.

/ˈʃiːnə/, U.S.

/ˈʃinə/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– schoene, 1500s–1700s schaene, 1600s schene.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin schoenus.

Etymology: < classical Latin schoenus Persian and Egyptian measure of length (Pliny) < ancient Greek σχοῖνος rush, reed, rope, Egyptian measure of length (compare Mycenaean Greek ko-no, ko-i-no aromatic plant), of unknown origin.Compare French schène (1753 or earlier).

Now historical and rare.

A measure of distance used in Ancient Egypt and (later) the Ancient Greek and Roman world, the length being variously stated as from 30 to 60 stadia (3½ to 7 miles, equal to approx. 5.63 to 11.27 kilometres respectively).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > ancient Persian unit

schoene1555

1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 269 Islande..is extended betwene the south and the north almost two hundreth schoenes in longitude.

1649 B. Gerbier 1st Lect. Geogr. 10 The Egyptian Schene is of three different sorts, two thousand five hundred, five thousand, and of seven thousand five hundred.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 112 In Aegypt they reckon by Schœnes of various Magnitude, some 60, some 40, some 20 Furlongs.

1889 M. R. Vincent Word Stud. in New Test. II. 84 The schoene was an Egyptian measure of length, marked by a rush-rope.

1986 Classical Jrnl. 81 237 The first possibility is suggested by his [sc. Herodotus] own double reference to this distance as 4 days and as 12 schoenes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schoene
释义	schoenen. Brit. /ˈʃiːnə/, U.S. /ˈʃinə/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– schoene, 1500s–1700s schaene, 1600s schene. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin schoenus. Etymology: < classical Latin schoenus Persian and Egyptian measure of length (Pliny) < ancient Greek σχοῖνος rush, reed, rope, Egyptian measure of length (compare Mycenaean Greek ko-no, ko-i-no aromatic plant), of unknown origin.Compare French schène (1753 or earlier). Now historical and rare. A measure of distance used in Ancient Egypt and (later) the Ancient Greek and Roman world, the length being variously stated as from 30 to 60 stadia (3½ to 7 miles, equal to approx. 5.63 to 11.27 kilometres respectively). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > ancient Persian unit schoene1555 1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 269 Islande..is extended betwene the south and the north almost two hundreth schoenes in longitude. 1649 B. Gerbier 1st Lect. Geogr. 10 The Egyptian Schene is of three different sorts, two thousand five hundred, five thousand, and of seven thousand five hundred. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 112 In Aegypt they reckon by Schœnes of various Magnitude, some 60, some 40, some 20 Furlongs. 1889 M. R. Vincent Word Stud. in New Test. II. 84 The schoene was an Egyptian measure of length, marked by a rush-rope. 1986 Classical Jrnl. 81 237 The first possibility is suggested by his [sc. Herodotus] own double reference to this distance as 4 days and as 12 schoenes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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