Oribasius says, on the authority of Adamantius, that the Italian sextarius of wine contains oz. xxiv by measure, but lb. j oz. viij by weight; and that a sextarius of honey contains lb. iiss by weight.
On the Measures of Dry Substances.
The Egyptian artaba contains modii iij.
The Egyptian and Italian modius contains chœnices viij.
The chœnix contains sextarii ij.
The sextarius contains two semisextarii, which are called heminæ.
The hemina contains cyathi viij.
The Attic medimnus contains hemiecta xij.
The hemiecton contains chœnices iv. Hence the medimnus contains modii vj, chœnices xlviij, and sextarii xcvj.
But of these it is not easy to give the weight, because of dry things the difference, according to the inclination of the balance, is immense.