Definitions for congius

congius con·gi·us

Spelling: [kon-jee-uh s]
IPA: /ˈkɒn dʒi əs/

Congius is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in congius (cginosu).

Definitions for congius

noun

  1. (in prescriptions) a gallon (3.7853 liters).
  2. an ancient Roman unit of liquid measure equal to about 0.8 U.S. gallon (3.2 liters).

Origin of congius

1350-1400; Middle English Latin, alteration of Greek konchíon, equivalent to kónch(ē) conch + -ion diminutive suffix

Examples for congius

Perhaps "metreta" and "congius" should be swapped in this sentence, but it was left as is.

This is furnished with brazen buckets, each holding about a congius.

congius Ripensis tells us, that the same restriction was imposed by the Lacedæmonians on their Helots and all domestic animals.

One metreta, a Greek measure, equalled about nine English gallons, and a congius contained about six pints.

Word Value for congius
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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