(pinta), a vessel, or measure, used in estimating the quantity of liquids, and even sometimes of dry things.—Budaeus derives the word from the Greek πίναξ; others from the German pint, a little measure of wine; Nicod from the Greek πίνειν, "to drink."

The English pint is twofold; the one for wine-measure, the other for beer and ale-measure. See MEASURE.