modii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →modius, modi(i):
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
peck; Roman dry measure; (about 2 gallons/8000 cc);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- C
Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...universos frumento donavit, ita ut singulis sex modii tritici darentur; qui modus mensurae medimnus Athenis appellatur. Hic autem..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...frumentaria lege munia uostra pensantur; qua tamen quinis modiis libertatem omnium aestumauere, qui profecto non amplius possunt alimentis..."