10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEXTARIUS»
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sextarius in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Economy of the Roman Empire: Quantitative Studies
Other sources, including a similar bar-tariff from the nearby Herculaneum,
indicate the sextarius as the normal unit of sale, which would result in a minimum
price in the Pompeian tariff of HSi2 per amphora retail, 20% below Columella's ...
Richard Duncan-Jones,
1982
2
Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures Explain'd and ...
This Sextarius is divided into two Hemine or Cotylze, according to the verses of
Rhenmim Fannim, At Cotjlar, grea: fi placed: dixsse lieebit Hemimzs, recqzit
geminas Sextarius may. It is likewise divided into four Quartarii, which are the half
of a ...
3
Antiquity explained, and represented in sculptures
The Sextarius, given by Ëonanni with the Congius, was the fixth part of that
Meaiùre, and ought to contain twenty Ounces of Water, which is equal to the fixth
part of ten Pounds, or of a hundred and twenty Roman Ounces; and this he iàys
he ...
Bernard de Montfaucon,
1722
4
The Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta: Translated from the ...
Comm. sextarius is divided into two hemince, or cotylep. It is also ' ' ' divided into
four quartarii which are the half of a licmina. A sextarius is also divided into 8
acetabula. The parts of the sextarius were like those of the as, uncia, sextans, ...
5
Biblical Commentaries from the Canterbury School of Theodore ...
H menstrugtion, , *3-19, 32 5, 531?, modius), 511 (modius), 55% (modius,
sextarius), (cadus, siclus) li uid measures: (metreta, sexrarius), k (modius,
sextarius), (metreta, sextarius), (memta, modius, sextarius), (metreta), (metreta,
sextarius) ...
Bernhard Bischoff, Michael Lapidge,
1994
6
A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities: ...
Hemine, says he, ' is so called from the Greek iluifv dimidium, ' because 'tis the
half of the Sextarius. This ' is confirmed by Aulus Gellius, who fays, that ' if an
Hemine is pour'd out of a Sextarius, half ' a Sextarius was poured our, and not
that a ...
7
Mathematics and Measurement
0.273 litre 2 heminae - 1 sextarius, approx. 0.546 litre 6 sextarii = 1 congius,
approx. 3.275 litres 8 congii - 1 amphora, approx. 26.2 litres, properly 1 Roman
cu 20 amphorae = 1 culleus, approx. 524 litres For dry measures: 4 cochlearia, ...
Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke,
1987
8
The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago
7. Polynemus sextarius Bl. Schn. Polynemus sextarius Bloch, Schneider, Syst.
Ichth. 1801, p. 18. Polynemus sextarius Bleeker, Verh. Hat. Gen. XXII. 1849,
Bijdrage Fercoiden, p. 59. Polynemus sextarius Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal
, XVIII.
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort,
1970
9
Observations on Doctor Arbuthnot's Dissertations on Coins, ...
The Sextarius, or 6th Part of it, - The Hemina, \ of Sextarius, The ^uartarius, I of
Sextarius, The Acetabulum, 5 of a Sextarius, The Cyathus, — of Sextarius, The
Ligula, ^ of Sextarius, These being sound out by dividing the Congius, the rest of
the ...
Benjamin Langwith, Sarah Langwith,
1747
10
Threadfins of the World (family Polynemidae): An Annotated ...
1002, 157 mm standard length) collected from Papua New Guinea, P. sextarius is
considered to occur rarely west of Huxley's line (sensu George in Whitmore, 1981
). Therefore, it may occur rarely in the Philippines, eastern lndonesia, including ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEXTARIUS»
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Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks, 1928 – the Sam Maguire Cup, by …
... used at the Last Supper, which he described as silver, holding a sextarius – or sixth of a gallon – with two small handles on either side: the original Holy Grail. «Irish Times, Feb 15»
EDITORIAL: When 'green' trumps the Purple Line
... the Purple Line threatens three species of freshwater amphipods: the Hay's Spring, the Kenk's and the sextarius, which are endangered under Maryland law. «Washington Times, Nov 14»
Environmentalists threaten to sue Montgomery County over Purple …
The sextarius amphipod is not included in the federal lawsuit because it's not listed as a federally protected endangered species. Those involved in the possible ... «Washington Post, Nov 14»
Ki kvaterkázik?
A sextarius maga azt jelenti, hogy 'hatodrész', és ez a congius hatodrészét jelölte. Mindenesetre a az északi szlávban már 'negyed liter' jelentésben használták, ... «Nyelv és Tudomány, May 14»
Dr Paul Wilkinson - Roman Faversham
The pes, libra, and sextarius of Rome were the same as those sent to Syrian, North African, Spanish, and British markets. The linear measures used by the ... «Canterbury Times, May 14»
Mr "Hot Sex": the full story
Customer: "Innkeeper. Let's work out the bill". Innkeeper: "You've got a sextarius of wine there, that's one as <'as'= small unit of Roman currency>. Bread, one as. «Times Online, Apr 12»
Latinisms, Western Diction, and the Provenance of Mark's Gospel
There is in addition the use of the term 'sextarius' for a measuring cup (only in Mark), the use of 'speculator' for a member of the governor's staff (only in Mark), ... «Patheos, Nov 11»