"quartarius" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quartariuses [plural], quartarii [plural]
Etymology: From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|quārtārius||one-fourth}} Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), {{doublet|en|quartary}} Doublet of quartary Head templates: {{en-noun|es|quartarii}} quartarius (plural quartariuses or quartarii)
  1. (historical) 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. Wikipedia link: Ancient Roman units of measurement Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Four, Units of measure Synonyms: quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint (english: Roman contexts), quartary [obsolete] Coordinate_terms (unit of liquid measure): lingula (1, 12 quartarius), cyathus (alt: ⅓ quartarius), acetabulum (alt: ½ quartarius), hemina (2 quartariuses), sextarius (4 quartariuses), congius (24 quartariuses), urna (96 quartariuses), amphora (192 quartariuses), culeus (3840 quartariuses)
    Sense id: en-quartarius-en-noun-DTywl42~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

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