metretes
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Applying this to I 33 we note that the 4 επι hold 3 ½ metretai, or less than 1 metretes each."
- "Aelius N.N., who is probably the lessor, has agreed to sell the olive and grain produce of property belonging to him at a price of four metretai of olive oil, three artabas of black olives, and a third of the grain produced."
- "[…] a jar, of two metretai; a bronze jug, of four choes, and spouted cup; a tray for cups, and a second one; […]"
- "Let pass for Kallo( ) son of Haryothes, camel driver of Machatas of the men of Antaios son of Apion, 4 Laodicean jars of wine and 4 hemikadia of oil and 2 lykia and 1 Rhodian jar of sweet wine (?) and two ephesia, total 2, and 1 … of vinegar and 1 (jar) of beets and two metretai of …, total 2."
- "Theoretically each vase held a metretes (the largest standard liquid measure) […]"