different between sextarii vs congius

English

Noun

sextarii

1. plural of sextarius

Latin

Noun

sext?ri?

1. nominative plural of sext?rius
2. genitive singular of sext?rius
3. vocative plural of sext?rius

English

Alternative forms

• congy, conge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin congius.

Noun

congius (plural congii)

1. (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

• congiaria
• congiary

Anagrams

• soucing

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (konkhíon), diminutive of ????? (kónkh?), ?????? (kónkhos, “mussel-shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kon.?i.us/, [?k???i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kon.d??i.us/, [?k?n??d??ius]

Noun

congius m (genitive congi? or cong?); second declension

1. (historical units of measure) congius, a unit of volume and weight, roughly equal to a gallon. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: congius
• French: conge
• ? Ancient Greek: ??????? (kóngion)
• Italian: cogno, congio
• Portuguese: côngio
• Spanish: congio

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 (2001) , “congius”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 137b