quartarius

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quartarius

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From Latin quārtārius (“one-fourth”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary”, forming adjectives) from its relation to the sextarius. Doublet of quartary.

noun quartariuses · quartarii

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.
Similar: quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint, quartary

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@misc{quartarius_2026,
  title = {quartarius},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quartarius},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}