Urna (volume measure)
Urna was an ancient Roman measure of volume.
etymology
Urna comes from Middle Latin and means jug or water jug. In poetry, it also meant the pot ( argenti ). Likewise, various expressions with urna were used in Latin , all of which are related to “loose”, “election through the lot”, “ urn of fate” or “being allocated the last lot” ( omnium versatur urnā sors exitura ).
origin
In ancient Rome, the Urna referred to a calibrated bucket or jug for measuring volumes of liquid. This measure was also used in today's Germany. The floor urn (basic word for mhd. Ürn ) was a liquid measure that was especially used for dispensing wine, which is why one also spoke of floor wine.
conversion
- 1 culleus (tube) = 20 amphora = 40 urna
- 1 Urna = 2 Palmus = 4 Congius = 192 Acetabula ≈ 13.013 liters
According to Gehler & Brades, the dimensional chain is:
- 26.026 968 566 366 204 l = 1 quadrant / amphora / cubic foot ( bucket ) = 3 Modius ( bushel ) = 2 Urna = 8 Congius = 48 Sester / Sextarius ( Metze ) = 96 Hemina = 192 Quartarius = 384 Acetabulum (vinegar vessel) = 576 Cyathus = 2304 ligula / spoon
literature
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographical Institute, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pons: Urna , accessed on October 5, 2015
- ↑ Ulrich Goebel and Oskar Reichmann (eds.): Early New High German Dictionary, Volume 4 , de Gruyter 2001, p. 722
- ↑ Dimensions and weights , accessed on October 5, 2015
- ^ Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler, Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes: Physical dictionary. Ma, Volume 6, 2nd section, EB Schwickert, Leipzig 1836, p. 1251