sextaryn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛkstəri/, U.S.

/ˈsɛkstəri/

Forms: Middle English sextarie, Middle English sextarye, Middle English– sextary.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin sextārius sextarius n.; compare -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier sester n. In sense 2 after Italian sestiere; compare post-classical Latin sexterium division of a city, especially of Venice (1311 in an Italian source), Italian †sexterio (1347), variant of sestiere sestiere n.; compare earlier sestiere n.

Now historical.

a. In ancient Rome: a measure of capacity for liquids, equal to one-sixth of a congius (congius n.: approx. 1.2 pints or 0.7 litres). In the Middle Ages: a large measure for liquid, varying locally between 4 and 6 imperial gallons (18 and 27 litres).

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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

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xiv. 10 He shal take..bysidys a sextarie [L. sextarium] of oyle.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Congius conteyneþ sixe sextarius.

c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 24 One sextarie of wyne, viii gallons of ale.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. It consisteth of v sextaries of water, ii sextaries of hony.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 256 Let the fasting patient..take three sextaries Warme of that milke.

1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 76 A Sextary of July-Flower Wine.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews viii. ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 236 The bath is able to contain seventy two sextaries.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Alabaster is also said to have been used for an ancient liquid measure, containing 10 ounces of wine or 9 of oil... In this sense the alabaster was equal to half the sextary.

1795 W. Beloe tr. Aulus Gellius Attic Nights I. xiv. 213 A sextary contained two cotylæ, and a cotyla was equal to twelve ounces of any liquor.

1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 291 Value in King Edward's time forty shillings and two sextaries of honey.

1852 Putnam's Home Cycl. II. 17/1 The Roman amphora contained forty-eight sextaries, and was equal to about seven gallons one pint, English wine-measure.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices in Eng. 1259–1793 xxv. 619 The sextary contains six gallons, and wine could..be bought in this year [1370], at a place in Norfolk, for a little over 1d. the gallon.

1913 Times 2 Sept. 8/2 From one of the records it appears that his wages were 5s., a simnel cake, two seasoned simnels, one sextary of clear wine, one sextary of household wine, [etc.].

1955 Econ. Hist. Rev. 8 31 The entry records the additional information that they had a sextary of beer of 17 gallons.

1986 B. B. Broughton Dict. Medieval Knighthood & Chivalry 416 Sextary, six gallons of wine.

b. In ancient Rome: a measure of capacity for dry substances, equal to one-sixteenth of a modius (modius n.: 0.9 pint or approx. 0.5 litres). In the Middle Ages: a similar measure of varying capacity, often equated to 2 pounds (or approx. 1 kg). Cf. sester n. 3.

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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

sextarya1382

modiusa1398

quartary1656

sextar1707

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxix. 40 Þe fourþ parte of hyn, þat is a sextary: þat is a mesour of two pownd [L. mensuram quartam partem hin].

c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 32 Ȝe graunt me xxx sextaries of gold.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 380 If every man of the Army had had a chenix of Corne a day, that is a sextary and halfe, or about two pints and a quarter.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 89 Whether by confounding the Attick and Roman Sextaries..I know not.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews ix. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 279 The Hebrews bought a sextary of doves dung, instead of salt.

1832 O. Mosley Hist. Castle, Priory & Town Tutbury 262 He was..to provide them with six sextaries or quarts of sagimen annually, and..three pounds of pepper..and one sextary of salt at the feast of St. John.

1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Clouds ii. i I ask..what thou thinkest the most perfect measure, The trimeter or the tetrameter? Str. I think that nought beats the half sextary.

1930 R. A. R. Hartridge Hist. Vicerages in Middle Ages iv. 67 The priest of Rouilly-Sacey..gained 5 sextaries of wheat and five of tremesium, according to the measure of Troyes.

1983 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Name of Rose iii. 187 There were floods..when the fields had no furrows and with a bushel of seed you harvested a sextary, and then the sextary was reduced to nothing... A sextary cost fifteen pence, a bushel sixty pence.

2. Any one of the six divisions of the city of Venice. Now rare (historical).

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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative division of borough, town, or city > of Venice

sextary1617

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. i. 76 The market place of Saint Marke, seated in the first Sextary of Saint Marke.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. i. 78 The City [of Venice]..is of old diuided into six sextaries, or six parts, vulgarly sestieri.

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 13 Six Councellors, whose peculiar priviledg is to be chosen out of the six Precincts or Sextaries of the Citty.

1964 A. L. Sells Paradise of Travellers ix. 151 A description of St. Mark's and its treasures, a survey of the six quarters, or rather ‘sextaries’, and their churches; and of course of the Doge's Palace.

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

单词	sextary
释义	sextaryn. Brit. /ˈsɛkstəri/, U.S. /ˈsɛkstəri/ Forms: Middle English sextarie, Middle English sextarye, Middle English– sextary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sextārius. Etymology: < classical Latin sextārius sextarius n.; compare -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier sester n. In sense 2 after Italian sestiere; compare post-classical Latin sexterium division of a city, especially of Venice (1311 in an Italian source), Italian †sexterio (1347), variant of sestiere sestiere n.; compare earlier sestiere n. Now historical. 1. a. In ancient Rome: a measure of capacity for liquids, equal to one-sixth of a congius (congius n.: approx. 1.2 pints or 0.7 litres). In the Middle Ages: a large measure for liquid, varying locally between 4 and 6 imperial gallons (18 and 27 litres). 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xiv. 10 He shal take..bysidys a sextarie [L. sextarium] of oyle. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Congius conteyneþ sixe sextarius. c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 24 One sextarie of wyne, viii gallons of ale. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. It consisteth of v sextaries of water, ii sextaries of hony. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 256 Let the fasting patient..take three sextaries Warme of that milke. 1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 76 A Sextary of July-Flower Wine. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews viii. ii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 236 The bath is able to contain seventy two sextaries. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Alabaster is also said to have been used for an ancient liquid measure, containing 10 ounces of wine or 9 of oil... In this sense the alabaster was equal to half the sextary. 1795 W. Beloe tr. Aulus Gellius Attic Nights I. xiv. 213 A sextary contained two cotylæ, and a cotyla was equal to twelve ounces of any liquor. 1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 291 Value in King Edward's time forty shillings and two sextaries of honey. 1852 Putnam's Home Cycl. II. 17/1 The Roman amphora contained forty-eight sextaries, and was equal to about seven gallons one pint, English wine-measure. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices in Eng. 1259–1793 xxv. 619 The sextary contains six gallons, and wine could..be bought in this year [1370], at a place in Norfolk, for a little over 1d. the gallon. 1913 Times 2 Sept. 8/2 From one of the records it appears that his wages were 5s., a simnel cake, two seasoned simnels, one sextary of clear wine, one sextary of household wine, [etc.]. 1955 Econ. Hist. Rev. 8 31 The entry records the additional information that they had a sextary of beer of 17 gallons. 1986 B. B. Broughton Dict. Medieval Knighthood & Chivalry 416 Sextary, six gallons of wine. b. In ancient Rome: a measure of capacity for dry substances, equal to one-sixteenth of a modius (modius n.: 0.9 pint or approx. 0.5 litres). In the Middle Ages: a similar measure of varying capacity, often equated to 2 pounds (or approx. 1 kg). Cf. sester n. 3. ΘΚΠ 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxix. 40 Þe fourþ parte of hyn, þat is a sextary: þat is a mesour of two pownd [L. mensuram quartam partem hin]. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 32 Ȝe graunt me xxx sextaries of gold. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 380 If every man of the Army had had a chenix of Corne a day, that is a sextary and halfe, or about two pints and a quarter. View more context for this quotation a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 89 Whether by confounding the Attick and Roman Sextaries..I know not. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews ix. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 279 The Hebrews bought a sextary of doves dung, instead of salt. 1832 O. Mosley Hist. Castle, Priory & Town Tutbury 262 He was..to provide them with six sextaries or quarts of sagimen annually, and..three pounds of pepper..and one sextary of salt at the feast of St. John. 1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes Clouds ii. i I ask..what thou thinkest the most perfect measure, The trimeter or the tetrameter? Str. I think that nought beats the half sextary. 1930 R. A. R. Hartridge Hist. Vicerages in Middle Ages iv. 67 The priest of Rouilly-Sacey..gained 5 sextaries of wheat and five of tremesium, according to the measure of Troyes. 1983 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Name of Rose iii. 187 There were floods..when the fields had no furrows and with a bushel of seed you harvested a sextary, and then the sextary was reduced to nothing... A sextary cost fifteen pence, a bushel sixty pence. 2. Any one of the six divisions of the city of Venice. Now rare (historical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative division of borough, town, or city > of Venice sextary1617 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. i. 76 The market place of Saint Marke, seated in the first Sextary of Saint Marke. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. i. 78 The City [of Venice]..is of old diuided into six sextaries, or six parts, vulgarly sestieri. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 13 Six Councellors, whose peculiar priviledg is to be chosen out of the six Precincts or Sextaries of the Citty. 1964 A. L. Sells Paradise of Travellers ix. 151 A description of St. Mark's and its treasures, a survey of the six quarters, or rather ‘sextaries’, and their churches; and of course of the Doge's Palace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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