[1] Spoon, smallest unit of Roman hollow measures
(χήμη, chḗmē, ‘Spoon’). Smallest unit of Roman hollow measures, especially for medicines. Exceptionally, cochlear(e) is calculated differently: in the Carmen de ponderibus as 1/6 of the mystum (1.9 ml); in Isidorus (Orig. 16,25) the cochlear(e) amounts to 2.3 ml.
Acetabulum; Amphora; Congius; Culleus; Cyathus; Hemina; Hollow measures; Modius; Quadrantal; Quartarius; Semodius; Sextarius; Urna
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