χοῖνιξ
Alt. χοῖνιξ, ι^κος,
I. "a choenix, a dry" measure, = four κοτύλαι or two "sextarii", about a "quart" Engl., Hdt.; the "choenix" of corn was one man's daily allowance, id=Hdt.; hence, ὅς κεν ἐμῆς γε χοίνικος ἅπτηται i. e. whoever eats of my "bread", Od.
II. a kind of "shackle or stocks" for fastening the legs in, Ar., Dem.