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‖ modius Antiq.|ˈməʊdɪəs| Pl. modii |ˈməʊdɪaɪ|. [L. modius, whence F. muid.] 1. A Roman corn-measure, equal to about a peck. Also, in the Middle Ages, a measure of capacity, dry and liquid (= F. muid) of varying size, commonly rendered by ‘bushel’.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxviii. (1495) 932 The mesure Modius hathe that name for it is perfyte of his manere. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xxv. xii. 278 So grievous and extreame was the famine..that if in any place there was but one Modius or pecke of meale found..it was exchanged for ten pieces of gold. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2). 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1802Ranken Hist. France II. v. i. 312 A modius, probably a bushel of corn, sold at Mayence for ten shekels of silver. 2. A tall cylindrical head-dress with which certain deities are represented in ancient art.
1800J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. 245 Both [Jupiter and Pluto] have frequently the cap called ‘modius’, from its resemblance to a bushel. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §357 (ed. 2) 437 In terracottas from Magna Græcia..Demeter has the modius on her head. |