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quartarius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quar-tar-ius
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.

Etymology

From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quārtārius

Inflected Forms

quartariuses (plural) quartarii (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lingula (1 12 quartarius) cyathus acetabulum hemina (2 quartariuses) sextarius (4 quartariuses) congius (24 quartariuses) urna (96 quartariuses)

Synonyms

quarter-sextarius quarter-pint quartary

Questions

What does quartarius mean?
A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.14 L although varying slightly over time.
Where does quartarius come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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