sextarius

== English == === Etymology === From Latin sextārius (“one-sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Doublet of sextary. === Noun === sextarius (plural sextariuses or sextarii) (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time. (historical) A Roman unit of dry measure. ==== Synonyms ==== (unit of liquid volume): sextary, Roman pint, pint (Roman contexts) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/48 sextarius), cyathus (1/12 sextarius), acetabulum (⅛ sextarius), quartarius (¼ sextarius), hemina (½ sextarius), congius (6 sextariuses), urna (24 sextariuses), amphora (48 sextariuses), culeus (960 sextariuses) (unit of dry measure): hemina (½ sextarius), modius (16 sextariuses) == Latin == === Etymology === From sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛkˈstaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sekˈstaː.ri.us] === Noun === sextārius m (genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension (historical) sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.54 L (historical) sextarius, a Roman unit of dry measure ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/48 sextarius), cyathus (1/12 sextarius), acetabulum (⅛ sextarius), quartarius (¼ sextarius), hemina (½ sextarius), congius (6 sextarii), urna (24 sextarii), amphora (48 sextarii), culeus (960 sextarii) (unit of dry measure): hemina (½ sextarius), modius (16 sextarii) ==== Descendants ==== English: sextary, sextarius Galician: sesteiro Italian: sestaio, staio Old French: sestier === References === “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sextarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “sextarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “sextarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin