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mŏdĭus , ii (
I.gen. plur. modiūm: “qui CCCC. modium quinque milia,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83: “modiorum,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 72), m. (neutr. collat. form: mŏdĭum , ii, n., Cato, R. R. 58; so in plur.: “modia vicena,Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 145) [modus], the Roman corn-measure, a measure, peck, containing sixteen sextarii, or the sixth part of a Greek medimnus (class.): “salis modium,Cato, R. R. 58: tritici modius, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30: “siligneae farinae modius,Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 88: “modium populo dare asse,Cic. Off. 2, 17, 58: “agri Leontini decumae tertio anno venierunt tritici medimnum XXXVI., hoc est tritici modium CC. et XVI. milibus,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110: “non minorem quam decem milium modiorum navem fabricare,Ulp. Fragm. 3, 6.— “Prov.: verum illud est, quod dicitur, multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitiae munus expletum sit,Cic. Lael. 19, 67: modio nummos metiri, to measure one's money by the peck, said of a rich woman, Petr. 37; cf.: “dives, ut metiretur nummos,Hor. S. 1, 1, 95: “ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim,Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9; Juv. 3, 220: “pleno modio,in full measure, abundantly, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 16; cf.: “argumentum vobis demensum dabo, non modo neque trimodio, verum ipso horreo,Plaut. Men. prol. 15: “servorum ventres modio castigat iniquo,with short measure, Juv. 14, 126.—Also as a measure for other things, a peck: “metiri modio oleario,Cato, R. R. 144: “ut metientibus dimidium (anulorum aureorum) super tres modios explesse,Liv. 23, 12; Pall. 6, 4, 1.—
II. Transf.
A. Among surveyors, the third part of a jugerum, Auct. de Limit. p. 264 and 312 Goes.; Pall. Mai. 4 al.
B. The socket, step, shoe in which the mast of a ship stands, Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 8.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.1.16
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.110
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.83
    • Plautus, Stichus, 4.2
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.95
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.88
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 12
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 19
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.17
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