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mĕtrēta (noun F) = μετρητής:
* An Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (χόες) and 144 κοτύλαι (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, about 9 gallons English): picis liquidae metreta,Col. 12, 22, 1: se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret,Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.
* Transf., a tun, cask, jar: oleum si in metretam novam inditurus eris,Cato, R. R. 100: Hispanae,Mart. 5, 16, 7: olivariae,Col. 12, 47: hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam,Juv. 3, 246.
* An Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (χόες) and 144 κοτύλαι (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, about 9 gallons English): picis liquidae metreta,Col. 12, 22, 1: se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret,Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.
* Transf., a tun, cask, jar: oleum si in metretam novam inditurus eris,Cato, R. R. 100: Hispanae,Mart. 5, 16, 7: olivariae,Col. 12, 47: hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam,Juv. 3, 246.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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