On the characters used by the Greeks for indicating weights and measures. But since some do not indicate these by whole letters, but by characters, it will be better for us, in imitation of the ancients, to explain these characters in the first place.
First, then, the letter χ having alpha placed above it, signifies chalcus (i. e. æreus), thus
; but if the χ has ο, chus (i. e. congius), thus
; but if οι, chœnix, thus
; but if η, cheme, thus
; Κ if it has ε placed above it, and a straight line obliquely intersecting the lower curvature of it indicates ceration (i. e. siliqua), thus