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Definition of Congius

Congius
Congius Con"gi*us, n. [L.] 1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts. 2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong.]

Meaning of Congius from wikipedia

- the Ancient Gr****s. The congius contained six ****tarii. Cato tells us that he was wont to give each of his slaves a congius of wine at the Saturnalia...
- one cubic pes (Roman foot) congius – a half-pes cube (thus 1⁄8 amphora quadrantal) ****tarius – literally 1⁄6 of a congius The units of weight or m****...
- Congiu is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Pierangelo Congiu (born 1951), Italian sprint canoeist Raimondo Congiu [Wikidata], Italian...
- from congius), was a vessel containing one congius, a measure of volume equal to six ****tarii. In the early times of the Roman Republic, the congius was...
- (1936–38) Róbert Winkler (1938–39) Mariolino Congiu (1939–41) Mariolino Congiu, Enrico Corrias (1941–42) Mariolino Congiu (1942–46) Raffaele D'Aquino (1946–48)...
- com profile Pierangelo Congiu at Olympics.com Pierangelo Congiu at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian) Pierangelo Congiu at Olympedia v t e...
- Pharmacopoeia (medicine compound catalog) adopted the Roman gallon or congius as a basic unit of volume and gave a conversion table to the apothecaries'...
- in Cuba (1862) and 0.7 liters in Colombia (1957). Bucket Butt Chungah Congius Coomb Cord-foot – a U.S. unit of volume for stacked firewood with the symbol...
- ⁠5+2/3⁠ 11 0.0002 Historic gallons 216 (Roman unciae) 3.539605824 Roman congius 8 7.8035 5 11 0.01 217 3.555992888 Irish gallon (1495, re-confirmed 1736)...
- stated the volume of jewelry amounted to three and one-half measures (Congius?), only to add "it is generally and more credibly held that there was not...