modius

Definitions

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.

Latin

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The operational modius is almost AIR like in that it would be a HIGH ..

Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2009
"The bust of Serapis with the 'modius' on his head.

Serapis — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867
"The bust of Serapis with the 'modius' on his head.

Serapis — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
"The bust of Serapis with the 'modius' on his head.

Serapis — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867
"The bust of Serapis with the 'modius' on his head.

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
"The bust of Serapis with the 'modius' on his head.

Serapis — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867
Literally, containing a "modius," which contained sixteen sextarii, something more than a peck of dry-measure English.] [Footnote 3: _The store-closet_) -- Ver.

The Captiva and the Mostellaria Titus Maccius Plautus 1847
Antoher reqired you to assume that a piece of evidence that would normally be character evidence qualified as modius operandi when it was far from obvious.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Modest Proposal for Bar Exam Reform: 2009
Antoher reqired you to assume that a piece of evidence that would normally be character evidence qualified as modius operandi when it was far from obvious.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Modest Proposal for Bar Exam Reform: 2009
The Senate has no choice, it must buy grain from Sextus, who is charging forty sesterces the modius.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007