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congius.

liquid measure (about 3 quarts); (6 sextarri, 1/4 urna); abb. cong.;

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkɔŋ.ɡi.ʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔn̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.us]
  1. congius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 3.3 L

    declension-2 · historical · masculine
  2. congius, a Roman unit of mass equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water

    declension-2 · historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).

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