metretes

Noun

metretes (plural metretai)

1. Synonym of metrete.
   • Applying this to I 33 we note that the 4 επι hold 3 ½ metretai, or less than 1 metretes each.1928, Aristide Calderini, editor, Aegyptus, page 271
   • Aelius N.N., who is probably the lessor, has agreed to sell the olive and grain produce of property belonging to him at a price of four metretai of olive oil, three artabas of black olives, and a third of the grain produced.1983, Ägyptische Urkunden: Griechische Urkunden, volume 15, Cisalpino-Goliardica, →ISBN, page 61

   Synonyms:

   metrete