congius
[kon-jee-uh s]
- (in prescriptions) a gallon (3.7853 liters).
- an ancient Roman unit of liquid measure equal to about 0.8 U.S. gallon (3.2 liters).
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Origin of congius
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, alteration of Greek konchíon, equivalent to kónch(ē) conch + -ion diminutive suffix
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Historical Examples
This is furnished with brazen buckets, each holding about a congius.
De Re MetallicaGeorgius Agricola
Perhaps "metreta" and "congius" should be swapped in this sentence, but it was left as is.
De Re MetallicaGeorgius Agricola
One metreta, a Greek measure, equalled about nine English gallons, and a congius contained about six pints.
De Re MetallicaGeorgius Agricola
Congius Ripensis tells us, that the same restriction was imposed by the Lacedæmonians on their Helots and all domestic animals.
Curiosities of Medical ExperienceJ. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
congius
- pharmacol a unit of liquid measure equal to 1 Imperial gallon
- an ancient Roman unit of liquid measure equal to about 0.7 Imperial gallon or 0.84 US gallon
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin, probably from Greek konkhos liquid measure, conch
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