sextarn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛkstɑː/, U.S.

/ˈsɛkˌstɑr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sextārius.

Etymology: < classical Latin sextārius sextarius n.; compare -ar suffix². Compare earlier sextarius n., sextary n., sixter n., and sester n.

Now historical.

= sextary n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > ancient Greek and Roman unit > ancient Roman units

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > ancient Roman units

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1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. A.iii Sieth ij sextars [L. sextarios] of the juice of Roses.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. xiii. 418 Among donatives..certaine sextars or quarts of milke have been many times given.

1656 W. Dugdale Antiq. Warwickshire 340/1 In the time of the said King Edward [the Confessor] the Shirivalty of this County..answered lxv li. in money and xxxvi. Sextars of honey.

1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 68 In 1125, a Sextar or Quarter of Wheat, at 01l 00s 00d.

1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 73 Sir H. Spelman says, that at Paris, a Modius Vini holds 36 Sextarios, and that a Sextar is 8 Pints.

1774 T. West Antiq. Furness ii. 33 [transl.] I also grant that they shall sell each sextar of ale dearer by one penny than is done at Appleby.

1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. during Early & Middle Ages I. 664 Among payments in kind I have valued the sextar of honey at 1s. 3d. on the authority of the Domesday of Warwick.

1899 R. Bennett & J. Elton Hist. Corn Milling II. ix. 109 Ruitone mill (Salop) is entered at a rental of eight sextars of fine grain.

1927 Eng. Hist. Rev. 42 177 In one case in Worcester, the render of a manor was £83 and fifty sextars of honey, together with the pleas of free men.

1998 T. N. Bisson Tormented Voices (Gloss.) 160 Sextar, Normally a dry measure, perhaps originally one-sixteenth of the modius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sextar
释义	sextarn. Brit. /ˈsɛkstɑː/, U.S. /ˈsɛkˌstɑr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sextārius. Etymology: < classical Latin sextārius sextarius n.; compare -ar suffix². Compare earlier sextarius n., sextary n., sixter n., and sester n. Now historical. = sextary n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > ancient Greek and Roman unit > ancient Roman units sextarya1382 congiusa1398 sextariusa1398 congec1420 sextar1559 quadrant1601 quartary1656 alabaster1753 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > ancient Roman units sextarya1382 modiusa1398 quartary1656 sextar1707 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. A.iii Sieth ij sextars [L. sextarios] of the juice of Roses. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. xiii. 418 Among donatives..certaine sextars or quarts of milke have been many times given. 1656 W. Dugdale Antiq. Warwickshire 340/1 In the time of the said King Edward [the Confessor] the Shirivalty of this County..answered lxv li. in money and xxxvi. Sextars of honey. 1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 68 In 1125, a Sextar or Quarter of Wheat, at 01l 00s 00d. 1707 W. Fleetwood Chronicon Preciosum iv. 73 Sir H. Spelman says, that at Paris, a Modius Vini holds 36 Sextarios, and that a Sextar is 8 Pints. 1774 T. West Antiq. Furness ii. 33 [transl.] I also grant that they shall sell each sextar of ale dearer by one penny than is done at Appleby. 1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. during Early & Middle Ages I. 664 Among payments in kind I have valued the sextar of honey at 1s. 3d. on the authority of the Domesday of Warwick. 1899 R. Bennett & J. Elton Hist. Corn Milling II. ix. 109 Ruitone mill (Salop) is entered at a rental of eight sextars of fine grain. 1927 Eng. Hist. Rev. 42 177 In one case in Worcester, the render of a manor was £83 and fifty sextars of honey, together with the pleas of free men. 1998 T. N. Bisson Tormented Voices (Gloss.) 160 Sextar, Normally a dry measure, perhaps originally one-sixteenth of the modius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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