Cyclopædia
Assuming cyathus is required, the following result was found.
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ACETABULUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ACETABULUM
is also used for a Roman measure, in use chiefly in medicine, for liquid matters. See MEASURE. The acetabulum contained a cyathus and a half, as is proved by Agricola from two verses of Fannius, who, speaking of the cyathus, says it weighs ten drachms,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology