schoene

See also: schöne, Schöne, and schœne

English

Noun

schoene (plural schoenes)

  1. Alternative form of schene
    • 1831, Major James Rennell, A Treatise on the Comparative Geography of Western Asia‎:
      The schoene appears to be about 4 Roman miles; but has certainly no connection with that mile, being a Persian measure.
    • 1858, Giuseppe Barilli, Miranda! A book on wonders hitherto unheeded‎:
      This distance of 1000 orgyas was taken as an itinerary unit, and called a schoene.
    • 2014, Tom Turner, Garden History Reference Encyclopedia‎:
      The length of the country along shore, according to the bounds that we assign to Egypt, namely from the Plinthinetic gulf to Lake Serbonis, which extends along the base of Mount Casius, is sixty schoenes.
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