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CHOUS

Volume 6 · 51 words · 1860 Edition

(χοῦς, χοῦς), in Antiquity, a Greek liquid measure, equal to the Roman congius, and containing six sextarii, or nearly six pints English. Suidas mentions a smaller measure under the name of χοῦς, equal to only two sextarii. Choüs is supposed to have been originally the common name for a drinking cup.