modius
See also: Modius
English
Etymology
From Latin modius, from modus (“a measure”) + -ius (“forming adjectives”). Doublet of muid and mud. See also almud and almude.
Noun
modius (plural modii)
- (historical) A Roman dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres.
- (historical) Various medieval units of dry and liquid volume.
- (historical) A bushel-shaped headdress worn by certain deities in classical art.
Translations
Roman unit of measure
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Medieval units of measure — See also translations at peck, bushel
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References
- "modius, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Anagrams
- odiums, sodium
Latin
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4th century Roman modius
Etymology
From modus (“a measure”) + -ius.
Noun
modius m (genitive modiī or modī); second declension
- (historical units of measure) modius, a unit of dry measure (especially for grain) of about a peck or 9 litres
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | modius | modiī |
Genitive | modiī modī1 | modiōrum |
Dative | modiō | modiīs |
Accusative | modium | modiōs |
Ablative | modiō | modiīs |
Vocative | modie | modiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Meronyms
- sextarius (1⁄16 modius), medimnus (6 modii)
Derived terms
- modiālis
- modiolus
- sēmodius
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: moggio, mozzo
- → Sardinian: moggiu
- Italian: moggio, mozzo
- Padanian:
- Lombard: meugg
- Piedmontese: meuj ⇒ armeuj, mojiss
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Bourguignon: meud
- Old French: moi, mui
- French: muid
- → English: muid
- French: muid
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: muig
- Occitan: muèg, mueg
- Gascon: moi, muei
- Languedocien: muòg
- Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: moio
- Portuguese: moio
- Spanish: moyo
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: moju
- Borrowings:
- → Ancient Greek: μόδιος (módios)
- → Dutch: mud
- → English: modius
- → German: Mutt
- → Italian: modio
- → Old Georgian: მოდი (modi)
- → Old Irish: muide
- → Spanish: modio
References
- “modius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “modius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- modius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- modius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
- corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
- “modius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “modius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “modius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Anagrams
- sodium