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单词 congius
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congiusn.

/ˈkɒndʒɪəs/
Forms: Plural congii.
Etymology: Latin.
1. Roman History. A measure for liquids, containing the eighth part of a Roman amphora, or about 7 pints.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Congius conteyneþ sixe sextarius.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 108 Ffor greatest treen..vi Congeus or iv of it ymmote.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. ii. 546 For every street throughout the citie, was allowed a Congius of oyle.
1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metric Syst. (1871) iii. 82 There is a standard congius of the age of Vespasian still extant at Rome.
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2. Pharmacology. The pharmaceutical name for a gallon, represented in prescriptions by the letter C.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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