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 sextariusFrom the Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris we have the following:

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Cotyla quid? Zur Vorgeschichte des sp?tmittelalterlichen Medizinalhohlma?es
[Cotyla quid? On the early history of late medieval medical volume calculations].
The Value of the Maximian Cotyla in "P. Oxy."L 3595 and "PSI"XII 1252
[Total hip joint replacement for the reconstitution of cotyla in treating hip arthodysplasia].
Fresh-water triclads (Turbellaria) of North America. VII. The genus Macrocotyla.
The Brief Life of an Innovation: The Tri-Keramia System Based upon the Maximian Cotyla
Method for processing surface of superhigh molecular weight polyethylene artificial cotyla
Co-occurrence of Naobranchia lizae (Copepoda) and Metamicrocotyla macracantha (Monogenea), gill parasites of the striped mullet Mugi...
Studies on the trematode family Microphallidae Travassos, 1921. IV. The life cycle and ecology of Gynaecotyla nassicola (Cable and H...