sextarius

English

Etymology

From Latin sextārius (“sixth part”), from sextus (“sixth”) +‎ -ārius.

Noun

sextarius (plural sextarii)

1. (historical) A Roman measure of capacity, one sixth of a congius, about 546 ml or approximately one pint.

References

• Ancient Roman units of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

From sextus (“sixth”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sekˈstaː.ri.us/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠t̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sekˈsta.ri.us/, [sekˈst̪äːrius]

Noun

sextārius m (genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension

1. sextarius, the sixth part (of a measure, weight, etc.; in particular —)
   1. the sixth part of a congius (a liquid measure)
   2. the sixteenth part of a modius (a dry measure)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sextārius	sextāriī
Genitive	sextāriī sextārī1	sextāriōrum
Dative	sextāriō	sextāriīs
Accusative	sextārium	sextāriōs
Ablative	sextāriō	sextāriīs
Vocative	sextārie	sextāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italian: sestaio, staio

References

• “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sextarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sextarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sextarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sextarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin