peck
peck
v. trans.
Bite: P. and V. δάκνειν.
v. trans.
Bite: P. and V. δάκνειν.
PECK
s. the English peck is somewhat more than the Roman modius. Perhaps sometimes to denote the fourth of a bushel we may say quadrans or quadrans medimni (the medimnus was a measure of corn among the Greeks containing six modii).
s. the English peck is somewhat more than the Roman modius. Perhaps sometimes to denote the fourth of a bushel we may say quadrans or quadrans medimni (the medimnus was a measure of corn among the Greeks containing six modii).
v. rostro appetere; pinsere (Persius).
peck (subs.): mŏdius (very nearly two English gallons): Cic.: Plin.
peck (v.): vellĭco, 1: the raven p.s the two vultures in turn, cornix vulturios vicissim v., Pl. Most. 3, 2, 148. To p. out, rostro eripere: v. TO PLUCK OUT .
Peck
See modius.