English

Noun

sextarius ‎(plural sextarii)

1. (historical) The sixth part of a measure or weight.

Latin

Etymology

sextus +‎ -ārius

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sekˈstaː.ri.us/, [sɛkˈstaː.ri.ʊs]

Noun

sextārius m ‎(genitive sextāriī or sextārī); second declension

1. the sixth part of a measure or weight
2. pint (sixth of a congius)

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• sextarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sextarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sextarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sextarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sextarius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin