μόδιος in Ancient Greek

IPA: /mó.di.os/, /ˈmo.ði.os/, /ˈmo.ði.os/, /mó.di.os/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmo.di.os/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmo.ði.os/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmo.ði.os/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmo.ði.os/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin modius. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|la|modius}} Latin modius Head templates: {{grc-noun|μόδῐος|μοδῐ́ου|m|second}} μόδῐος • (módĭos) m (genitive μοδῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μόδῐος|ου|form=M}} Forms: μόδῐος [canonical], módĭos [romanization], μοδῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μόδῐος [nominative, singular], μοδῐ́ω [dual, nominative], οἱ μόδῐοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ μοδῐ́ου [genitive, singular], μοδῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], μοδῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ μοδῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], μοδῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μοδῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸν μόδῐον [accusative, singular], μοδῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τοὺς μοδῐ́ους [accusative, plural], μόδῐε [singular, vocative], μοδῐ́ω [dual, vocative], μόδῐοι [plural, vocative]

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"μόδιος" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun