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congius
[
kon
-jee-
uh
s
]
con·gi·us
/
ˈkɒn
dʒi
əs
/
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[
kon
-jee-
uh
s
]
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noun,
plural
con·gi·i
/
-dʒiˌaɪ
/
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[
-jee-ahy
]
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.
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:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin,
alteration of
Greek
konchíon,
equivalent to
kónch
(
ē
)
conch
+
-ion
diminutive suffix
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congius
(ˈkɒndʒɪəs)
—
n
,
pl
-gii
1.
pharmacol
a unit of liquid measure equal to 1 Imperial gallon
2.
an ancient Roman unit of liquid measure equal to about 0.7 Imperial gallon or 0.84 US gallon
[C14: from Latin, probably from Greek
konkhos
liquid measure,
conch
]
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