Acetabulum (unit)

{{Short description|Volume unit in Ancient Roman measurement}} In Ancient Roman measurement, the '''acetabulum''' was a measure of volume (fluid and dry) equivalent to the Greek {{Langx|grc|ὀξύβαφον|oxybaphon|label=none}}. It was one-fourth of the hemina and therefore one-eighth of the sextarius. It contained the weight in water of fifteen Attic drachmae.

Used with some frequency by Pliny the Elder, in a 1952 translation the unit was judged to be equivalent to {{cvt|63|ml}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masseiana.org/pliny.htm|title=Pliny's Natural History (Introduction to Chapter 6)|author=W.H. Jones|year=1954|access-date=2014-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101063545/http://www.masseiana.org/pliny.htm|archive-date=2017-01-01|url-status=usurped}}</ref> However, other sources estimate a higher value of perhaps {{cvt|68|ml}} (see Ancient Roman units of measurement).

==References== <references /> * {{SmithDGRA|title=Acetabulum|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063%3Aentry%3Dacetabulum-cn-02|author=PS}}

Category:Units of volume Category:Ancient Roman units of measurement

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