congius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin congius, from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”). === Noun === congius (plural congiuses or congii) (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 10 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 3.3 L although differing slightly over time. (historical) A Roman unit of mass instituted by Vespasian equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water. ==== Synonyms ==== Roman gallon, gallon (Roman contexts); congy, conge (obsolete) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/288 congius), cyathus (1/72 congius), acetabulum (1/48 congius), quartarius (1/24 congius), hemina (1/12 congius), sextarius (⅙ congius), urna (4 congii), amphora (8 congii), culeus (160 congii) ==== Related terms ==== congiaria congiary === Anagrams === soucing == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.us] === Noun === congius m (genitive congiī or congī); second declension (historical) congius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 3.3 L (historical) congius, a Roman unit of mass equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/288 congius), cyathus (1/72 congius), acetabulum (1/48 congius), quartarius (1/24 congius), hemina (1/12 congius), sextarius (⅙ congius), urna (4 congii), amphora (8 congii), culeus (160 congii) ==== Derived terms ==== congiārium congiārius ==== Descendants ==== === References === “congius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “congius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "congius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “congius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “congius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “congius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “congius”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 137b