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subs.
Cask: P. and V. πί̆θος, ὁ (Eur. Cycl. 217).
subs.
Cask: P. and V. πί̆θος, ὁ (Eur. Cycl. 217).
TUN
s. A large cask dolium (very large): seria (of a long shape).
A liquid measure *centum urnae.
s. A large cask dolium (very large): seria (of a long shape).
A liquid measure *centum urnae.
v. *in dolium seriam infundere.
tun (subs.):
I. A large cask:
1. dŏlium (a very large jar): to draw wine from the t., de dolio haurire, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.
2. sëria (a cylindrical earthen vessel): Liv.: Ter.
II. The largest English wine-measure, equivalent to about 374-1/2 congii, or rather less than 2-1/4 cūlei, the largest Roman liquid measure, which contained 20 amphorae: *quadraginta quinque amphorae; or, more roughly, *centum urnae. T.-bellied: ventriōsus, Plaut.
I. A large cask:
1. dŏlium (a very large jar): to draw wine from the t., de dolio haurire, Cic. Brut. 83, 288.
2. sëria (a cylindrical earthen vessel): Liv.: Ter.
II. The largest English wine-measure, equivalent to about 374-1/2 congii, or rather less than 2-1/4 cūlei, the largest Roman liquid measure, which contained 20 amphorae: *quadraginta quinque amphorae; or, more roughly, *centum urnae. T.-bellied: ventriōsus, Plaut.
tun (v.): rare: *in dolium infundere, ingerere.