Setier

The setier is an old measurement of capacity, of variable value according to the times, the areas, and the nature of the measured goods.

The word comes from Latin sextarius , who wants to say sixth part.

Dry matters

  • the setier of Paris was worth 12 Boisseau X of 640 inch S cubes, that is to say 152 liters.

Liquids

  • the word setier was sometimes employed to indicate the Chopine of Paris of 48 cubic inches, that is to say approximately 476 millilitres.
  • the word setier was also used like synonym of the gauging stick. It contained 8 pints of 48 cubic inches each one, that is to say approximately 7,62 liters.

The word setier means one sixteenth. That supposes not attested units of respectively 72 cubic inches and 2  304 cubic inches, is a cubic foot a third. Bottle of wine and gauging stick were the legal terms.

The Roman setier

  • the setier was especially a Roman unit of volume for the liquids, therefore also for drinks. It was worth approximately 54 centilitres.

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