A bottle containing two quarts of wine.
See scotch pint.
bŏnum, i, n., v. bonus, I. 5. and II. A. 5. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
·noun A large wine bottle. II. Magnum ·noun A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- The supreme or highest good, — referring to the object of human life. ...
MAGNUM PROM, MAURETANIAE. [MARETANIA.] ...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
MAGNUM PROMONTORIUM(τὸ μέγα ἀκρωτήριον, Ptol. 7.2.7; Marcian, Peripl. p. 28), a promontory which for...