schene

noun

1. An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.

   historical

   Herodotus has fixed the measure of the schene, in Lower Egypt, at four miles, or a league and a quarter.

Where it comes from

From Latin schoenus, from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoînos, “a rush, a reed, a land measure”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry schene (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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