quartarius
nounEtymology From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary.
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Historical A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.
- Synonyms
- quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint, quartary
- Coordinate terms
- lingula (1, 12 quartarius), cyathus, acetabulum, hemina (2 quartariuses), sextarius (4 quartariuses), congius (24 quartariuses), urna (96 quartariuses), amphora (192 quartariuses), culeus (3840 quartariuses)