A measure for liquids.
*cesti/on: me/tron e)pi\ u(grw=n.
Attested mainly in medical writers. Also, and more commonly, attested in the form
xe/sths (cf. under
pi 397). In either case, from the Latin
sextarius, containing almost one pint. (
kappa 2166 is half of it.)
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