sextarius
/sɛkˈstɛriəs/
noun
- An ancient Roman unit of volume, equal to about one pint (0.57 liters), used for measuring liquids and dry goods.
- A Roman soldier's daily wine ration was one sextarius.
- Historians estimate that a sextarius of water weighed roughly one Roman pound.
- The merchant sold grain by the sextarius in the Roman marketplace.