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congĭus , ii, m.,
I.a Roman measure for liquids, containing the eighth part of an amphora, six sextarii, or twelve heminae; “= about 206 cubic inches or nearly six pints English,Cato, R. R. 57; Liv. 25, 2, 8; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 85; 14, 22, 28, §§ 144 and 146 al.; cf. Fest. p. 246, 4 Müll.; Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 6 sq.; Rein in Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 219 sq., and Dict. of Antiq. s. v.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 2
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