mĕdimnum, i, n., and mĕdim-nus, i, m., = μέδιμνος, a Greek measure of corn,
a Greek bushel (containing six modii): primus, secundus, tertius medimnus, Lucil. ap. Non. 213, 21; so in masc. form, Nep. Att. 2 fin. : medimnum tritici seritur, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112: ut quot jugera sunt sata, totidem medimna decumae debeantur, id. ib. 2, 3, 47, § 113; in gen. plur. : medimnūm, id. ib.; so id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 84; 2, 3, 39, § 90; Varr. ap. Non. 495, 32 (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 107).