congius

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 10 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 3.3 L although differing slightly over time.
2. A Roman unit of mass instituted by Vespasian equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water.

Sinonieme

gallon

Imperial gallon

Vertalings

الغالُون

galó

gallon

gallone

galão

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin congius, from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).