sextarius

English

From Latin sextārius (“one-sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Doublet of sextary.

sextarius (plural sextariuses or sextarii)

(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of dry measure.

(unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/48 sextarius), cyathus (1/12 sextarius), acetabulum (⅛ sextarius), quartarius (¼ sextarius), hemina (½ sextarius), congius (6 sextariuses), urna (24 sextariuses), amphora (48 sextariuses), culeus (960 sextariuses)
(unit of dry measure): hemina (½ sextarius), modius (16 sextariuses)

From sextus (“sixth”) +‎ -ārius.

sextārius m (genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension

(historical) sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.54 L
(historical) sextarius, a Roman unit of dry measure

Second-declension noun.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

(unit of liquid measure): lingula (1/48 sextarius), cyathus (1/12 sextarius), acetabulum (⅛ sextarius), quartarius (¼ sextarius), hemina (½ sextarius), congius (6 sextarii), urna (24 sextarii), amphora (48 sextarii), culeus (960 sextarii)
(unit of dry measure): hemina (½ sextarius), modius (16 sextarii)

“sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sextarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“sextarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“sextarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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