[*xoa= means the same as] xou=s,[1] an Attic measure, containing eight kotulai.[2] Aristophanes [writes]: "come to dinner quickly, bringing your basket [and your pitcher]."[3] For those inviting [people] to dinner used to provide the wreaths and unguents and desserts and other such things, but those who were invited used to bring boiled vegetables and a basket and a pitcher. Concerning the basket Homer says: "his mother put in the basket meat and food to keep up his strength ... such as kings reared by Zeus eat."[4] Those invited [to dinner] used to bring pitchers, so that they would not share another drinking-vessel because of the blame that befell Orestes.[5] And [there is] a proverb: '[it] will hold six choas.'[6] In reference to those who talk nonsense. That is, his brain [will hold six choas]. At the same time it remained as a metaphor for a jar or wineskin: if one is cleaned out, it holds more than those that are blocked up and thrown away. And elsewhere: "[Glyce swore] the last of us to arrive would lose three choas of wine and a choenix of chickpeas." Those drinking in moderation used to gobble down roasted chickpeas.[7]