Sextarĭus

Sextarĭus

Sextarĭus (lat.), 1) Maß für Flüssiges = 1/6 Urna od. 2 Heminae; 2) Becher, welcher so viel faßte; 3) bei trockenen Dingen 1/4 des Modius od. 1/6 des Congius.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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