quart
quart
subs.
Express by: Ar. and P. κοτύ̆λη, ἡ. (Dry or liquid measure) equals about one-half pint.
(Dry measure): also use Ar. and P. χοῖνιξ, ἡ, equals about two pints.
subs.
Express by: Ar. and P. κοτύ̆λη, ἡ. (Dry or liquid measure) equals about one-half pint.
(Dry measure): also use Ar. and P. χοῖνιξ, ἡ, equals about two pints.
QUART
quadrans.
quadrans.
quart:
I. O. E., the fourth part of anything, quadrans, quarta pars: v.QUARTER .
II. A bottle, not necessarily holding a q. ("seal'd quarts," opp. to "stone jugs," Shaksp.):
1. quadrans (as etym. equiv., though the "reputed q." has not yet dwindled to the equiv. measure, v. No. III.): a q. of wine, q. vini, Cels. 3, 15: waiter, bring a double q. (magnum) of old port, puer, quadrantem duplica de seniore cado, Mart. 9, 94 (adapted): cf.BOTTLE .
2. quartārĭus, m.: all the people brought quarterns of meal and q.s of wine to his house, cui universi selibras farri et quartarios vini ad aedes ejus contulerunt, Liv. 5, 47.
III. A measure, 1-4th of a gallon: duo sextarii (almost exactly): as a dry measure, the same, or pars octava modii. N.B. the quadrans or quartarius was 1-4th of the sextarius, or 1-4th of a pint.
I. O. E., the fourth part of anything, quadrans, quarta pars: v.
II. A bottle, not necessarily holding a q. ("seal'd quarts," opp. to "stone jugs," Shaksp.):
1. quadrans (as etym. equiv., though the "reputed q." has not yet dwindled to the equiv. measure, v. No. III.): a q. of wine, q. vini, Cels. 3, 15: waiter, bring a double q. (magnum) of old port, puer, quadrantem duplica de seniore cado, Mart. 9, 94 (adapted): cf.
2. quartārĭus, m.: all the people brought quarterns of meal and q.s of wine to his house, cui universi selibras farri et quartarios vini ad aedes ejus contulerunt, Liv. 5, 47.
III. A measure, 1-4th of a gallon: duo sextarii (almost exactly): as a dry measure, the same, or pars octava modii. N.B. the quadrans or quartarius was 1-4th of the sextarius, or 1-4th of a pint.