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Definition of Congius

Congius
Congius Con"gi*us, n. [L.] 1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts. 2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong.]

Meaning of Congius from wikipedia

- the Ancient Gr****s. The congius contained six ****tarii. Cato tells us that he was wont to give each of his slaves a congius of wine at the Saturnalia...
- Congiu is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Pierangelo Congiu (born 1951), Italian sprint canoeist Raimondo Congiu [Wikidata], Italian...
- one cubic pes (Roman foot) congius – a half-pes cube (thus 1⁄8 amphora quadrantal) ****tarius – literally 1⁄6 of a congius The units of weight or m****...
- Pierangelo Congiu (born 1 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he finished fourth...
- (1936–38) Róbert Winkler (1938–39) Mariolino Congiu (1939–41) Mariolino Congiu, Enrico Corrias (1941–42) Mariolino Congiu (1942–46) Raffaele D'Aquino (1946–48)...
- Pharmacopoeia (medicine compound catalog) adopted the Roman gallon or congius as a basic unit of volume and gave a conversion table to the apothecaries'...
- from congius), was a vessel containing one congius, a measure of volume equal to six ****tarii. In the early times of the Roman Republic, the congius was...
- 'containing five parts', 'five-sixths', ****tārius 'a one-sixth part of a congius, 'pint', and so on. domī suae vir prīmārius (Cicero) 'the leading man of...
- 10 5+2/3 11 0.0002 Historic gallons 216 (Roman unciae) ≈ 3.53961 Roman congius 8 7.8 5 11 0.01 224 ≈ 3.67070 Preserved at the Guildhall, London (old UK...
- doi:10.1023/A:1007370213924. S2CID 24961905. Fontana, F.; Tagliavini, J.; Congiu, L. (2001). "Sturgeon genetics and cytogenetics: recent advancements and...