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mĕtrēta, ae, f., = μετρητής, an Athenian measure for liquids, containing 12 congii (χόες) and 144 κοτύλαι (3/4 of the Attic medimnus, about 9 gallons English): picis liquidae metreta, Col. 12, 22, 1: se vendidisse navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, Plaut. Merc. prol. 75.— Transf., a tun, cask, jar: oleum si in metretam novam inditurus eris, Cato, R. R. 100: Hispanae, Mart. 5, 16, 7: olivariae, Col. 12, 47: hic tignum capiti incutit, ille metretam, Juv. 3, 246.

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mĕtrēta

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mĕtrēta

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metreta

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metreta

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