μάτιον
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
τό, Egyptian measure of capacity, Arch.Pap.5.178 No.32, Ostr.296 (ii A.D.), al., PTeb.314.18 (ii A.D.), PLond.5.1906 (vi A.D.), prob. in PAmh.2.130.5 (i A.D.); hence ματιαῖον
A μέτρον Sammelb. 4683.6.
