Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
modius .
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Examples
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For I have ordered that every year throughout all Galatia 30,000 modii of grain and 60,000 pints of wine shall be provided.
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The free grain dole gave a recipient five modii a month.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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My figures revealed that a farmer with a large family needs two hundred modii of wheat a year to feed everyone.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The free grain dole gave a recipient five modii a month.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The Greek measure, a medimnus, consisted of five modii.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The Greek measure, a medimnus, consisted of five modii.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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My figures revealed that a farmer with a large family needs two hundred modii of wheat a year to feed everyone.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The modii operandi of the accused saw them, among other things, fraudulently adding destination routes to inflate prices; issuing and cancelling tickets on the same day, and then claiming the full fare from Parliament.
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The modii operandi of the accused allegedly saw them adding destination routes to inflate prices; issuing and cancelling tickets on the same day, and then claiming the full fare from
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They'll all know how much Crassus paid for his wheat too, not to mention how many modii he's had to buy.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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