choenix
An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
historical
If the kings do not come to the public supper, each of them must have two choenixes of meal and a cotyle of wine sent home to him at his house; if they come, they are given a double quantity of each, and the same when any private man invites them to his table.
Where it comes from
From Latin choenix, from Ancient Greek χοῖνῐξ (khoînĭx).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry choenix (CC BY-SA 4.0).