metretes

1. plural ofmetrete

metretes (pluralmetretai)

1. Synonym ofmetrete
   • 1928, Aristide Calderini, editor,Aegyptus, page271:

     Applying this to I 33 we note that the 4 επι hold 3 ½metretai, or less than 1metretes each.

   • 1983,Ägyptische Urkunden: Griechische Urkunden, volume15, Cisalpino-Goliardica,→ISBN, page61:

     Aelius N.N., who is probably the lessor, has agreed to sell the olive and grain produce of property belonging to him at a price of fourmetretai of olive oil, three artabas of black olives, and a third of the grain produced.

   • 1996,Epigraphica Anatolica, numbers26–29, page139:

     […] a jar, of twometretai; a bronze jug, of four choes, and spouted cup; a tray for cups, and a second one;[…]

   • 2000,Roger S. Bagnall,Documents from Berenike: Greek Ostraka from the 1996-1998 Seasons (Papyrologica Bruxellensia), Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, page61:

     Let pass for Kallo( ) son of Haryothes, camel driver of Machatas of the men of Antaios son of Apion, 4 Laodicean jars of wine and 4hemikadia of oil and 2lykia and 1 Rhodian jar of sweet wine (?) and twoephesia, total 2, and 1 … of vinegar and 1 (jar) of beets and twometretai of …, total 2.

   • 2002, Andrew J. Clark, Maya Elston, Mary Louise Hart,Understanding Greek Vases: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques:

     Theoretically each vase held ametretes (the largest standard liquid measure)[…]

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