{"def":{"short":"a modius, i.e., certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil)","long":["a dry measure holding 16 sextarii (or 1/6 of the Attic medimnus), about a peck (9 liters)"]},"deriv":"of Latin origin","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈmo.ði.os","ipa_mod":"ˈmow.ði.ows","sbl":"modios","dic":"MOH-thee-ose","dic_mod":"MOH-thee-ose"}}