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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin modius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mó.di.os/ → /ˈmo.ði.os/ → /ˈmo.ði.os/
Noun
μόδῐος • (módios) m (genitive μοδῐ́ου); second declension
- modius, a dry measure equivalent to a sixth of a medimnus
- vessel of this capacity
- measure of length, equivalent to 200 ὀργυιαί (orguiaí)
Inflection
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