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metreta

metreta · f

an Athenian measure for liquids, containing

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 3 · 1.92/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

mĕtrēta — Lewis & Short

mĕtrēta, ae, f., = metrhth/s,

I an Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (xo/es) and 144 kotu/lai (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.

Where it came from

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