sextarius
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English
Etymology
From Latin sextārius (“one-sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Doublet of sextary.
Noun
sextarius (plural sextariuses or sextarii)
- (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time.
- (historical) A Roman unit of dry measure.
Synonyms
- (unit of liquid volume): sextary, Roman pint, pint (Roman contexts)
Coordinate terms
- (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/48 sextarius), cyathus (1/12 sextarius), acetabulum (⅛ sextarius), quartarius (¼ sextarius), hemina (½ sextarius), congius (6 sextariuses), urna (24 sextariuses), amphora (48 sextariuses), culeus (960 sextariuses)
- (unit of dry measure): hemina (½ sextarius), modius (16 sextariuses)
Latin
Etymology
From sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sekˈstaː.ri.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sekˈsta.ri.us/,
Noun
sextārius m (genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension
- (historical) sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.54 L
- (historical) sextarius, a Roman unit of dry measure
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sextārius | sextāriī |
| Genitive | sextāriī sextārī1 |
sextāriōrum |
| Dative | sextāriō | sextāriīs |
| Accusative | sextārium | sextāriōs |
| Ablative | sextāriō | sextāriīs |
| Vocative | sextārie | sextāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Coordinate terms
- (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/48 sextarius), cyathus (1/12 sextarius), acetabulum (⅛ sextarius), quartarius (¼ sextarius), hemina (½ sextarius), congius (6 sextarii), urna (24 sextarii), amphora (48 sextarii), culeus (960 sextarii)
- (unit of dry measure): hemina (½ sextarius), modius (16 sextarii)
Descendants
References
- “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sextarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sextarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “sextarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin