כּוֹתֶבֶת, (cmp. קִשְׁבָּא) date of a certain species, kothebeth, used as a measure of size כַּכֹּ׳ (cmp. זַיִת). Yoma VIII, 2. Bets. I, 1 חמץ בְּכַכֹּ׳ the standard for leavened bread (on Passover, as for being guilty of a transgression) is the size of a kothebeth (less than an olive); a. fr.—Pl. כּוֹתָבוֹת. Succ. II, 5 (26ᵇ) שתי כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שני) two dates.