metreta

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.