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|strgr=from [[μετρέω]]; a measurer, i.e. ([[specially]]), a [[certain]] [[standard]] [[measure]] of [[capacity]] for liquids: [[firkin]].
|strgr=from [[μετρέω]]; a measurer, i.e. ([[specially]]), a [[certain]] [[standard]] [[measure]] of [[capacity]] for liquids: [[firkin]].
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|txtha=(on the [[accent]] [[see]] Chandler § 51 f), μετρητου, ὁ ([[μετρέω]]), [[properly]], a measurer, the [[name]] of a [[utensil]] [[known]] as an [[amphora]], [[which]] is a [[species]] of [[measure]] used for liquids and containing 72sextarii or ξεστοι (i. e. [[somewhat]] [[less]] [[than]] [[nine]] English gallons; [[see]] B. D. [[under]] the [[phrase]], Weights and Measures, at the [[end]] (p. 3507 American edition)) ([[Hebrew]] בַּת, [[Polybius]] 2,15,1; [[Demosthenes]], p. 1045,7; [[Aristotle]], h. a. 8,9.)
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