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quartarius

Today it means: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₁₂ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time. Full definition →

Latin quārtārius

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Latin · borrowed fromquārtārius“one-fourth”
English todayquartarius

From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary”, forming adjectives) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary.

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