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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Roman dry measure, one third of the amphora, containing about 8½ liters or 550 cubic inches, and thus equal to nearly 2 English gallons.
  • noun In classical art, a head-dress of high cylindrical form, approaching that of modius, the measure of capacity (see def. 1), worn typically by certain divinities. See cut on following page.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Rom. Antiq.) A dry measure, containing about a peck.

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  • noun historical A dry measure, containing about a peck.

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