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A measure for liquids

  • 1 amphora

    amphŏra,, ae ( gen. plur. as a measure, usually amphorūm, v infra, II.; cf. Charis. [p. 110] p. 41 P.), f., = amphoreus, a vessel, usually made of clay, with two handles or ears; for liquids, esp. wine, a flagon, pitcher. flask, bottle, jar, etc.; cf. Smith, Dict. Antiq.
    I.
    Lit.:

    amphoras implere,

    Cato, R. R. 113, 2:

    amphora coepit Institui,

    Hor. A. P. 22; so id. C. 3, 8, 11; 3, 16, 34; Petr. 34 al.—

    Also for holding wine: amphora vini,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 24; ib. Dan. 14, 2;

    oil: amphorae oleariae,

    Cato, R. R. 10, 2;

    honey: aut pressa puris mella condit amphoris,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 15;

    water: amphoram aquae portans,

    Vulg. Luc. 22, 10.— Poet. for the wine contained therein, Hor. C. 3, 28, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A measure for liquids (also called quadrantal; cf. Fest. p. 258 Müll.), = 2 urnae, or 8 congii, etc. = 6 gals. 7 pts.:

    in singulas vini amphoras,

    Cic. Font. 5, 9; Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 93. Since such a measure was kept as a standard at the Capitolium, amphora Capitolina signifies an amphora of the full measure, Capitol. Max. 4.—
    B.
    The measure of a ship (as the ton with us): naves, quarum minor nulla erat duūm milium amphorūm, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82:

    navem, quae plus quam CCC. amphorarum esset,

    Liv. 21, 63.

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  • 2 cadus

    cădus, i ( gen. plur. cadūm, v. II. infra), m., = kados [Slav. kad, kadĭ; Serv. kada; Magyar, kád; Rouman. Kadŭ].
    I.
    Lit., a large vessel for containing liquids, esp. wine; a bottle, jar, jug; mostly of earthen-ware, but sometimes of stone, Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158; or even of metal, Verg. A. 6, 228.
    A.
    A wine-jar, wine-flask:

    cadi = vasa, quibus vina conduntur,

    Non. p. 544, 11:

    cadus erat vini: inde implevi hirneam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273; so id. As. 3, 3, 34; id. Aul. 3, 6, 35; id. Mil. 3, 2, 36; 3, 2, 37; id. Poen. 1, 2, 47; id. Stich. 3, 1, 24:

    cadum capite sistere,

    to upset, id. Mil. 3, 2, 36:

    vertere,

    id. Stich. 5, 4, 39; 5, 4, 1:

    vina bonus quae deinde cadis onerarat Acestes,

    Verg. A. 1, 195:

    fragiles,

    Ov. M. 12, 243.—Hence poet., wine:

    Chius,

    Tib. 2, 1, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 5:

    nec Parce cadis tibi destinatis,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 20; 3, 14, 18.—
    B.
    For other uses:

    for containing honey,

    Mart. 1, 56, 10;

    oil,

    id. 1, 44, 8;

    hence, olearii,

    oil-jars, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 307;

    for fruits,

    id. ib.;

    figs,

    id. 15, 19, 21, § 82;

    aloes,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 14; cf. id. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—As a money-pot, Mart. 6, 27, 6; also = urna, a funeral urn:

    aënus,

    Verg. A. 6, 228 Heyne.—
    II.
    Transf., a measure for liquids (in this sense, gen. plur. cadum, Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 544, 13 and 16; Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96); syn. with amphora Attica (usu. = 1 1/2 amphorae, or 3 urnae, or 4 1/2 modii, or 12 congii, or 72 sextarii), Rhemn. Fann. Ponder. 84; Plin. 14, 15, 17, § 96 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 13.

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  • 3 quadrans

    quā̆drans, antis ( gen. plur. quadrantūm, Front. Aquaed. 24), m. [quattuor].
    I.
    A fourth part, a fourth, a quarter:

    operae,

    Col. 2, 4, 8:

    diei noctisque,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 207. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A fourth part, a fourth of a whole:

    creditoribus quadrantem solvi,

    Vell. 2, 23, 2:

    heres ex quadrante,

    of the fourth part of the inheritance, Suet. Caes. 83; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 1; Dig. 44, 4, 17, § 2; Ulp. Frag. 24, 32.—
    B.
    The fourth part of an as (as a coin), three unciae:

    nota in triente et quadrante rates (fuit). Quadrans antea teruncius vocatus a tribus unciis,

    Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45:

    quadrans mihi nullus est in arcā,

    not a farthing, not a copper, Mart. 2, 44, 9; Liv. 3, 18, 11; Juv. 1, 121.—As the customary price of a bath (cf. quadrantarius):

    dum tu quadrante lavatum Rex ibis,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 137; cf. Sen. Ep. 86, 8; Juv. 6, 446.—As the smallest coin, a mite, farthing, Hor. S. 2, 3, 93; Juv. 7, 8; Vulg. Matt. 5, 26; id. Marc. 12, 42.—
    C.
    Of the rate of interest, four for a hundred:

    usurae quadrantes,

    four per cent., Dig. 33, 1, 21.—
    D.
    As a measure of land, a quarter of an acre (jugerum), Col. 5, 1, 10. —
    E.
    As a weight, a quarter of a pound, Mart. 11, 105, 1.—With pondo:

    amomi pondo quadrans,

    Col. 12, 20, 5; Cato, R. R. 84, 1:

    quadrans pondo bacarum,

    Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 156. —
    F.
    As a measure for liquids, the fourth part of a sextarius, three cyathi:

    ita ut earum calices quadrantes octoginta capere possint,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 4:

    quadrantem duplicare,

    Mart. 9, 94, 2:

    vini,

    Cels. 3, 15.—
    G.
    As a measure of length, a quarter of a foot:

    pedes duodecim et quadrantem,

    Gell. 3, 10, 11; 9, 4, 10; cf. Cato, R. R. 18, 2; 18, 6.— A quarter-digit, Front. Aquaed. 25.—
    H.
    As a measure of time, a fourth of a day, six hours, Sol. 1, 39; 1, 41 sq.

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  • 4 colleus

    cullĕus ( cūl-, and in the signif. II. B., cōl-), i ( nom. plur. cullea, neutr., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Non. p. 197; gen. plur. culleūm, Cato, R. R. 11, 1), m., = koleos, Ion. kouleos (a sheath; hence), a leather bag, a sack for holding liquids.
    I.
    Prop.:

    Te ipsam culleo ego cras faciam ut deportere in pergulam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82.—Parricides were sewed up in bags and drowned, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Sen. Clem. 1, 15; Dig. 48, 9, 9; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5; Quint. 7, 8, 6; Suet. Aug. 33; Juv. 8, 214.— Comp.: culleus ligneus, of a ship without rigging, Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 15, 9.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A large measure for liquids, holding 20 amphorae, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7.—
    B.
    The scrotum, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Mart. 12, 84; Auct. Priap. 13, 8;

    hence, coleos habere, i. q. virum esse,

    Petr. 44, 14.

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  • 5 culleus

    cullĕus ( cūl-, and in the signif. II. B., cōl-), i ( nom. plur. cullea, neutr., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Non. p. 197; gen. plur. culleūm, Cato, R. R. 11, 1), m., = koleos, Ion. kouleos (a sheath; hence), a leather bag, a sack for holding liquids.
    I.
    Prop.:

    Te ipsam culleo ego cras faciam ut deportere in pergulam,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82.—Parricides were sewed up in bags and drowned, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Sen. Clem. 1, 15; Dig. 48, 9, 9; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5; Quint. 7, 8, 6; Suet. Aug. 33; Juv. 8, 214.— Comp.: culleus ligneus, of a ship without rigging, Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 15, 9.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A large measure for liquids, holding 20 amphorae, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7.—
    B.
    The scrotum, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Mart. 12, 84; Auct. Priap. 13, 8;

    hence, coleos habere, i. q. virum esse,

    Petr. 44, 14.

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  • 6 congius

        congius ī, m     a measure for liquids, six sextarii (nearly six pints English): olei, L.
    * * *
    liquid measure (about 3 quarts); (6 sextarri, 1/4 urna); abb. cong.

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  • 7 batos

    1.
    bătŭs ( bătŏs), i, f., = batos, the blackberry-bush, App. Herb. 87; Paul. ex Fest. p. 30, 15 Müll.; esp., batos Idaea = batos Idaia, the raspberry-bush, App. Herb. 87.
    2.
    bătŭs, i, m., = batos; Heb., a bath, a Hebrew measure for liquids, containing about nine gallons (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Ezech. 45, 10 al.

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  • 8 batus

    1.
    bătŭs ( bătŏs), i, f., = batos, the blackberry-bush, App. Herb. 87; Paul. ex Fest. p. 30, 15 Müll.; esp., batos Idaea = batos Idaia, the raspberry-bush, App. Herb. 87.
    2.
    bătŭs, i, m., = batos; Heb., a bath, a Hebrew measure for liquids, containing about nine gallons (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Ezech. 45, 10 al.

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  • 9 cheme

    chēmē, ēs, f., = chêmê, a measure for liquids, the third part of a mystrum, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 77.

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  • 10 chus

    chūs, ŏos, m., = chous, a measure for liquids, = congius, Rhemn. Fann. Pond. 7, 70.

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  • 11 coclear

    cŏclĕar ( cochl-), āris ( cŏclĕārĭ-um, ii, Scrib. Comp. 122; 96; Cels. 3, 22; cŏclĕāre, is, Mart. 8, 71, 10; 8, 14, 121; and coclĕārum, i, Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242), n. [coclea, of the form of a snail-shell], a spoon, Mart. l. l.; Cels. 6, 14; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19; Petr. 33, 6 al.—As a measure for liquids, esp. in medicine, a spoonful, = half a cheme or 1/144 of a cotyla, Rhem. Fann. Pond.; Col. 12, 21, 3; Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 76; 27, 4, 5, § 17, and the above passages with coclearium.

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  • 12 cocleare

    cŏclĕar ( cochl-), āris ( cŏclĕārĭ-um, ii, Scrib. Comp. 122; 96; Cels. 3, 22; cŏclĕāre, is, Mart. 8, 71, 10; 8, 14, 121; and coclĕārum, i, Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242), n. [coclea, of the form of a snail-shell], a spoon, Mart. l. l.; Cels. 6, 14; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19; Petr. 33, 6 al.—As a measure for liquids, esp. in medicine, a spoonful, = half a cheme or 1/144 of a cotyla, Rhem. Fann. Pond.; Col. 12, 21, 3; Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 76; 27, 4, 5, § 17, and the above passages with coclearium.

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  • 13 coclearum

    cŏclĕar ( cochl-), āris ( cŏclĕārĭ-um, ii, Scrib. Comp. 122; 96; Cels. 3, 22; cŏclĕāre, is, Mart. 8, 71, 10; 8, 14, 121; and coclĕārum, i, Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 242), n. [coclea, of the form of a snail-shell], a spoon, Mart. l. l.; Cels. 6, 14; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19; Petr. 33, 6 al.—As a measure for liquids, esp. in medicine, a spoonful, = half a cheme or 1/144 of a cotyla, Rhem. Fann. Pond.; Col. 12, 21, 3; Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 76; 27, 4, 5, § 17, and the above passages with coclearium.

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  • 14 congius

    congĭus, ii, m., a Roman measure for liquids, containing the eighth part of an amphora, six sextarii, or twelve heminae;

    = about 206 cubic inches or nearly six pints English,

    Cato, R. R. 57; Liv. 25, 2, 8; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 85; 14, 22, 28, §§ 144 and 146 al.; cf. Fest. p. 246, 4 Müll.; Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 6 sq.; Rein in Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 219 sq., and Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

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  • 15 libra

    lībra, ae, f. [cf. litra; root cli-, clino], the Roman pound, of twelve ounces:

    as erat libra pondus,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:

    coronam auream libram pondo ex publica pecunia in Capitolio Iovi donum posuit,

    Liv. 4, 20:

    mulli binas libras ponderis raro exsuperant,

    Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

    expende Hannibalem, quot libras in duce summo invenies?

    Juv. 10, 147:

    neque argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inlaturos,

    Gell. 2, 24, 2:

    dipondii pondo duas erant libras,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 122.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A measure for liquids:

    frumenti denos modios et totidem olei libras,

    Suet. Caes. 38.—
    B.
    1.. A balance, pair of scales:

    cum in alteram librae lancem animi bona imponebat, in alteram corporis, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91.—
    2.
    A water-poise, plummet-level, level, line:

    sin autem locus... pari libra cum aequore maris est,

    Col. 8, 17, 4: libratur [p. 1061] autem dioptris aut libris aquariis aut chorobate, Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—Hence, ad libram: alteram navem pluribus aggressus navibus in quibus ad libram fecerat turres, of equal height or of equal weight, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 1.—
    3.
    Counterpoise, balance:

    contra flatus quoque pervicax libra Bononiensibus calamis,

    Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: aes et libra, v. aes.—
    4.
    The constellation Libra, The Balance, Verg. G. 1, 208; Ov. F. 4, 386; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221:

    felix aequato genitus sub pondere Librae,

    Manil. 4, 545.—
    5.
    Trop., a balance ( poet.), Pers. 4, 10:

    animi cunctantis libra,

    Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 75.

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  • 16 metreta

    mĕtrēta, ae, f., = metrêtês, an Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (choes) and 144 kotulai (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, about 9 gallons English):

    picis liquidae metreta,

    Col. 12, 22, 1:

    se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret,

    Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.—
    II.
    Transf., a tun, cask, jar:

    oleum si in metretam novam inditurus eris,

    Cato, R. R. 100:

    Hispanae,

    Mart. 5, 16, 7:

    olivariae,

    Col. 12, 47:

    hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam,

    Juv. 3, 246.

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  • 17 emina

    1.
    hēmīna ( ēmīna), ae, f., = hêmina, a measure, the half of a sextarius, Rhem. Fan. de Pond. 67;

    for liquids,

    Cato, R. R. 57, 1; Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 18; Sen. de Ira, 2, 33;

    for salt,

    Cels. 4, 15 fin.;

    for corn,

    id. 4, 10 fin.; as a measure, in gen., Pers. 1, 129.
    2.
    Hēmīna, ae, m., surname of the historian L. Cassius.

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  • 18 Hemina

    1.
    hēmīna ( ēmīna), ae, f., = hêmina, a measure, the half of a sextarius, Rhem. Fan. de Pond. 67;

    for liquids,

    Cato, R. R. 57, 1; Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 18; Sen. de Ira, 2, 33;

    for salt,

    Cels. 4, 15 fin.;

    for corn,

    id. 4, 10 fin.; as a measure, in gen., Pers. 1, 129.
    2.
    Hēmīna, ae, m., surname of the historian L. Cassius.

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  • 19 hemina

    1.
    hēmīna ( ēmīna), ae, f., = hêmina, a measure, the half of a sextarius, Rhem. Fan. de Pond. 67;

    for liquids,

    Cato, R. R. 57, 1; Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 18; Sen. de Ira, 2, 33;

    for salt,

    Cels. 4, 15 fin.;

    for corn,

    id. 4, 10 fin.; as a measure, in gen., Pers. 1, 129.
    2.
    Hēmīna, ae, m., surname of the historian L. Cassius.

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  • 20 amphora

        amphora ae （ gen plur., in common lang., amphorūm), f, ἀμφορεύσ, a large oblong vessel for liquids, with a handle on each side, flask, jar, flagon, pitcher: amphora coepit institui, H.: deripere horreo amphoram, i. e. the wine, H.—Meton., an amphora (a liquid measure, nearly equal to 7 galls. Engl.): vini.—Ships were measured by amphorae, as with us by tons: navem, quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset, L.
    * * *
    amphora, pitcher, two handled earthenware jar; a capacity of amphora30 liters

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