Note 3 — BOOK XII.
Herbert Hoover translation
[Pg 550][3] The following are approximately the English equivalents:—
Pints.Quarts.Gallons.
1Cyathus .08
3Cyathi=1Quartarius.24
4Quartarii=1Sextarius.99
6Sextarii=1Congius5.942.97
16Sextarii=1Modius15.857.931.98
8Congii=1Amphora47.5723.785.94
The dipper mentioned would thus hold about one and one quarter gallons, and the cask ten gallons.