sextarius

English

Etymology

From Latin sextārius (“sixth part”), from sextus (“sixth”) +‎ -ārius.

Noun

sextarius (plural sextarii)

  1. (historical) A Roman measure of capacity, one sixth of a congius, about 546 ml or approximately one pint.

References

Latin

Etymology

From sextus (“sixth”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sekˈstaː.ri.us/, [sɛkˈstaː.ri.ʊs]

Noun

sextārius m (genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension

  1. sextarius, the sixth part (of a measure, weight, etc.; in particular —)
    1. the sixth part of a congius (a liquid measure)
    2. the sixteenth part of a modius (a dry measure)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sextārius sextāriī
Genitive sextāriī
sextārī1		 sextāriōrum
Dative sextāriō sextāriīs
Accusative sextārium sextāriōs
Ablative sextāriō sextāriīs
Vocative sextārī sextāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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
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