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modius

the Roman corn-measure, a measure, peck

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 24 · 15.34/10k
Divus Claudius 2 · 6.74/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 47 · 5.97/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 2 · 3.44/10k
In C. Verrem 34 · 3.38/10k
Atticus 1 · 2.83/10k
Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. mŏdĭus — Lewis & Short

mŏdĭus, ii (

I gen. plur. modiūm: qui CCCC. modium quinque milia, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83: modiorum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 72), m. (neutr. collat. form: mŏdĭum, ii, n., Cato, R. R. 58; so in plur.: modia vicena, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145) [modus], the Roman corn-measure, a measure, peck, containing sixteen sextarii, or the sixth part of a Greek medimnus (class.): salis modium, Cato, R. R. 58: tritici modius, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30: siligneae farinae modius, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 88: modium populo dare asse, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58: agri Leontini decumae tertio anno venierunt tritici medimnum XXXVI., hoc est tritici modium CC. et XVI. milibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110: non minorem quam decem milium modiorum navem fabricare, Ulp. Fragm. 3, 6.— Prov.: verum illud est, quod dicitur, multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitiae munus expletum sit, Cic. Lael. 19, 67: modio nummos metiri, to measure one's money by the peck, said of a rich woman, Petr. 37; cf.: dives, ut metiretur nummos, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95: ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9; Juv. 3, 220: pleno modio, in full measure, abundantly, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16; cf.: argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modo neque trimodio, verum ipso horreo, Plaut. Men. prol. 15: servorum ventres modio castigat iniquo, with short measure, Juv. 14, 126.—Also as a measure for other things, a peck: metiri modio oleario, Cato, R. R. 144: ut metientibus dimidium (anulorum aureorum) super tres modios explesse, Liv. 23, 12; Pall. 6, 4, 1.—

II Transf.

A Among surveyors, the third part of a jugerum, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 and 312 Goes.; Pall. Mai. 4 al. —

B The socket, step, shoe in which the mast of a ship stands, Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 8.

2. modius — Walde–Hofmann

modius, -i m. ,Scheffel^ (róm. Trockenmaß, 16 sextärii umfassend [Hultsch Metr.? 121]; „Höhlung, in der der Mastbaum steht" u. dgl. (seit Plaut, rom., ebenso modiátio, -0nis „ein nach Scheffeln bestimmtes Maß“ seit Cod. Theod., modiolus m. „kleines Maß, Trinkefäß, Radnabe“ seit Cato und irimodia f. [seit Varro, -um nm, seit 1t.] „Gefäß, das 3 m. enthält“; vgl. noch modiälis, -e „einen m. enthaltend“ seit Plt., … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. modius, p. 1005]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. modius (scan p. 432; entry #6962).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. modius (scan pp. 1005-1009; entry #1779). Root candidates: *sémi-, *med-, *medesto-.

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