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|lshtext=<b>mŏdĭus</b>: ii (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. modiūm: qui CCCC. [[modium]] [[quinque]] milia, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83: modiorum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 72), m. (neutr. collat. form: mŏdĭum, ii, n., [[Cato]], R. R. 58; so in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: modia vicena, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145) [[modus]], the Roman [[corn]]-[[measure]], a [[measure]], [[peck]], containing [[sixteen]] sextarii, or the [[sixth]] [[part]] of a Greek medimnus ([[class]].): salis [[modium]], [[Cato]], R. R. 58: tritici [[modius]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30: siligneae farinae [[modius]], Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 88: [[modium]] [[populo]] [[dare]] asse, Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58: agri [[Leontini]] decumae [[tertio]] [[anno]] venierunt tritici [[medimnum]] XXXVI., hoc est tritici [[modium]] CC. et XVI. milibus, id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110: non minorem [[quam]] [[decem]] [[milium]] modiorum navem fabricare, Ulp. Fragm. 3, 6.— Prov.: [[verum]] illud est, [[quod]] dicitur, multos modios salis [[simul]] edendos esse, ut amicitiae [[munus]] expletum [[sit]], Cic. Lael. 19, 67: modio nummos metiri, to [[measure]] one's [[money]] by the [[peck]], said of a [[rich]] [[woman]], Petr. 37; cf.: [[dives]], ut metiretur nummos, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95: ego [[nunc]] mihi [[modium]] [[mille]] esse argenti velim, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9; Juv. 3, 220: pleno modio, in [[full]] [[measure]], [[abundantly]], Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16; cf.: [[argumentum]] [[vobis]] [[demensum]] dabo, non [[modo]] [[neque]] trimodio, [[verum]] ipso [[horreo]], Plaut. Men. prol. 15: servorum ventres modio castigat [[iniquo]], [[with]] [[short]] [[measure]], Juv. 14, 126.—Also as a [[measure]] for [[other]] things, a [[peck]]: metiri modio oleario, [[Cato]], R. R. 144: ut metientibus [[dimidium]] (anulorum aureorum) [[super]] [[tres]] modios explesse, Liv. 23, 12; Pall. 6, 4, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Among surveyors, the [[third]] [[part]] of a jugerum, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 and 312 Goes.; Pall. Mai. 4 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[socket]], [[step]], [[shoe]] in [[which]] the [[mast]] of a [[ship]] stands, Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 8.