metreta
From LSJ
εἰπὼν ἃ θέλεις, ἀντάκουε ἃ μὴ θέλεις → if you say what you want, hear in response what you don't want
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mĕtrēta,¹⁴ æ, f. (μετρητής), métrète [vase pour le vin ou l’huile] : Cato Agr. 100 ; Juv. 3, 246
