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sextarius

sextarius · m

the sixth part

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Where it lives

Divus Claudius 3 · 10.11/10k
De agri cultura 12 · 7.67/10k
De Re Coquinaria 9 · 5.74/10k
Divus Aurelianus 4 · 5.12/10k
Probus 2 · 4.85/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 32 · 4.07/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Alexander Severus 3 · 2.81/10k
Naturalis Historia 88 · 2.22/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
De Medicina 13 · 1.27/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

sextārĭus — Lewis & Short

sextārĭus, ii, m.sextus.

I In gen., the sixth part of a measure, weight, etc., Rhemn. Fann. Pond. 71; Fest. s. v. publica pondera, p. 246 Müll.—

II In partic.

A As a liquid measure, the sixth part of a congius, = a pint, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 2; Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56; Hor. S. 1, 1, 74; Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 64 al.—

B As a dry measure, the sixteenth part of a modius, Col. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 24; 12, 5, 1; Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 131; 24, 14, 79, § 129; Dig. 47, 2, 21, § 5.

Where it came from

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