biconcia [Italian]

In Venice, 15th – 19th century, a unit of liquid capacity, approximately 129.6 liters. The earliest spelling was usually called a bigoncia. Another meaning of the word is "bucket". Despite the similar names, this unit is about 20 times larger than the ancient Roman bicongius.

Doursther, 1840, page 54.

Vino vi [in Venice] si vende ad anfora la quale è bocte una un terzo di mena e ogni anfora è iiij bigonce.

In Venice wine is sold by the anfora which is 1 and a third botte di mena, and each anfora is 4 biconcia.

Chiarini, 1481.