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|lshtext=<b>mĕtrēta</b>: ae, f., = [[μετρητής]] | |lshtext=<b>mĕtrēta</b>: ae, f., = [[μετρητής]],<br /><b>I</b> an Athenian [[measure]] for liquids, containing 12 congii ([[χόες]]) and 144 κοτύλαι (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, [[about]] 9 gallons English): picis liquidae [[metreta]], Col. 12, 22, 1: se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[tun]], [[cask]], [[jar]]: [[oleum]] si in metretam novam inditurus eris, [[Cato]], R. R. 100: Hispanae, Mart. 5, 16, 7: olivariae, Col. 12, 47: hic [[tignum]] capiti incutit, [[ille]] metretam, Juv. 3, 246. | ||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mĕtrēta: ae, f., = μετρητής,
I an Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (χόες) and 144 κοτύλαι (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, about 9 gallons English): picis liquidae metreta, Col. 12, 22, 1: se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.—
II Transf., a tun, cask, jar: oleum si in metretam novam inditurus eris, Cato, R. R. 100: Hispanae, Mart. 5, 16, 7: olivariae, Col. 12, 47: hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam, Juv. 3, 246.
