sextarius
nounEtymology From Latin sextārius (“one-sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Doublet of sextary.
1
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.
2
Historical A Roman unit of dry measure.
- Coordinate terms
- lingula (1, 48 sextarius), cyathus (1, 12 sextarius), acetabulum, quartarius, hemina, congius (6 sextariuses), urna (24 sextariuses), amphora (48 sextariuses), culeus (960 sextariuses), modius (16 sextariuses)