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COTYLE - The cotylae are also features on the proximal end of the radius and of the ulna in birds. In classical antiquity, the cotyla or cotyle (Gr ) was a me...

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Ancient Greek drinking-cup

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Mar 29 2015 The Telegraph - General Knowledge

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Any of several cup-shaped organs in various animals

Cotyle description
The cotylae are also features on the proximal end of the radius and of the ulna in birds. * In classical antiquity, the cotyla or cotyle (Gr ) was a measure of capacity among the Romans and Greeks: by the former it was also called hemina; by the latter, and or . It was the half of the sextarius or , and contained six cyathi, or nearly half a pint English.This measure was used by physicians with a graduated scale marked on it, like our own chemical measures, for measuring out given weights of fluids, especially oil. A vessel or horn, of a cubic or cylindrical shape, and of the capacity of a cotyla, was divided into twelve equal parts by lines cut on its side. The whole vessel was called litra, and each of the parts an ounce (uncia). This measure held nine ounces (by weight) of oil, so that the ratio of the weight of the oil to the number of ounces it occupied in the measure would be 9:12 or 3:4.Nicolas Chorier (1612-1692) observes that the cotyla was used as a dry measure as well as a l

Cotyle description

The cotylae are also features on the proximal end of the radius and of the ulna in birds.
* In classical antiquity, the cotyla or cotyle (Gr ) was a measure of capacity among the Romans and Greeks: by the former it was also called hemina; by the latter, and or . It was the half of the sextarius or , and contained six cyathi, or nearly half a pint English.This measure was used by physicians with a graduated scale marked on it, like our own chemical measures, for measuring out given weights of fluids, especially oil. A vessel or horn, of a cubic or cylindrical shape, and of the capacity of a cotyla, was divided into twelve equal parts by lines cut on its side. The whole vessel was called litra, and each of the parts an ounce (uncia). This measure held nine ounces (by weight) of oil, so that the ratio of the weight of the oil to the number of ounces it occupied in the measure would be 9:12 or 3:4.Nicolas Chorier (1612-1692) observes that the cotyla was used as a dry measure as well as a l

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