- μόδιος
- μόδιος, ίου, ὁ (Lat. loanw. [modius]: Dinarchus 1, 43 [?]; Dionys. Hal. 12, 1; Epict. 1, 17, 7; 9; Plut., Demetr. 33, 6; ins [OGI index]; PThéad 32, 25; PGen 62, 17; GrBar 6:7; Jos., Ant. 9, 85; 14, 28; 206. Loanw. in rabb.) a grain measure containing 16 sextarii = about 8.75 liters, almost one peck, a peck measure Mt 5:15; Mk 4:21; Lk 11:33 (a vessel used to hide a light, as Judg 7:16 [ὑδρίας]; Jos., Ant 5, 223.—On the figure, ADupont-Sommer, Note archéol. sur le prov. évang.: mettre la lampe sous le boisseau = Mél. Syr. à MRDussaud II ’39, 789–94; JJeremias, ZNW 39, ’41, 237–40 Pauly-W. III 1775f; Hultsch, Metrologie2 121ff).—M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.