Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cotula

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

COT'ULA or COT'YLA (κοτύλη). A small measure of capacity, containing the half of a sextarius. (Mart. Ep. viii. 71.) It was especially employed by medical practitioners, and had a graduated scale marked upon the sides, like those used by our apothecaries, dividing it into twelve equal parts, each of which was termed an uncia, 1 oz.