‖ congius
(ˈkɒndʒɪəs)
Pl. -ii.
[L.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A measure for liquids, containing the eighth part of a Roman amphora, or about 7 pints.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxviii. (1495) 392 Congius conteyneth sixe Sextarius. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 108 Ffor greatest treen..vi Congeus or iv of it ymmote. 1600 Holland Livy xxv. ii. 546 For every street throughout the citie, was allowed a Congius of oyle. 1821 J. Q. Adams in Davies Metr. Syst. iii. (1871) 82 There is a standard congius of the age of Vespasian still extant at Rome. |
2. Pharm. The pharmaceutical name for a gallon, represented in prescriptions by the letter C.