"modius" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: From modus (“a measure”) + -ius. Head templates: {{la-noun|modius<2>}} modius m (genitive modiī or modī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|modius<2>}} Forms: modiī [genitive], modī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], modius [nominative, singular], modiī [nominative, plural], modiī [genitive, singular], modī [genitive, singular], modiōrum [genitive, plural], modiō [dative, singular], modiīs [dative, plural], modium [accusative, singular], modiōs [accusative, plural], modiō [ablative, singular], modiīs [ablative, plural], modie [singular, vocative], modiī [plural, vocative]
  1. (historical units of measure) modius, a unit of dry measure (especially for grain) of about a peck or 9 litres Tags: declension-2, historical, masculine Meronyms: sextarius (1⁄16 modius), medimnus (6 modii) Derived forms: modiālis, modiolus, sēmodius, sēsquimodius

Inflected forms

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            },
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              "lang": "German",
              "lang_code": "de",
              "word": "Mütt"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "mutte"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "German",
              "lang_code": "de",
              "word": "Mutt"
            },
            {
              "lang": "German",
              "lang_code": "de",
              "word": "Mütt"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "mütte"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "lang_code": "goh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mutti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "muidhe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "muide"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "modio"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "modio"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From modus (“a measure”) + -ius.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "modiī",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiī",
          "modii"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modī",
      "links": [
        [
          "modī",
          "modi"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiī",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiī",
          "modii#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiī",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiī",
          "modii#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modī",
      "links": [
        [
          "modī",
          "modi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiōrum",
          "modiorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiō",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiō",
          "modio#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiīs",
          "modiis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiōs",
          "modios#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiō",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiō",
          "modio#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiīs",
          "modiis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "modiī",
      "links": [
        [
          "modiī",
          "modii#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "modius<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "modius m (genitive modiī or modī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "modius<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "word": "sextarius (1⁄16 modius)"
    },
    {
      "word": "medimnus (6 modii)"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms with historical senses",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Units of measure"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "modius, a unit of dry measure (especially for grain) of about a peck or 9 litres"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "modius",
          "modius#English"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "dry measure",
          "dry measure"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "peck",
          "peck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical units of measure) modius, a unit of dry measure (especially for grain) of about a peck or 9 litres"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "units-of-measure"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "modius"
}

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