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‖ congius|ˈkɒndʒɪəs|
Pl. -ii.
[L.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A measure for liquids, containing the eighth part of a Roman amphora, or about 7 pints.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxviii. (1495) 392 Congius conteyneth sixe Sextarius. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 108 Ffor greatest treen..vi Congeus or iv of it ymmote. 1600Holland Livy xxv. ii. 546 For every street throughout the citie, was allowed a Congius of oyle. 1821J. Q. Adams in Davies Metr. Syst. iii. (1871) 82 There is a standard congius of the age of Vespasian still extant at Rome.
2. Pharm. The pharmaceutical name for a gallon, represented in prescriptions by the letter C. |