- כוסתא
- כּוּסְתָּא m. (an adapt. of ξέστης, by confusion with כּוֹס, כַּסָּא) kusta, a liquid measure. Sabb.109b חד כ׳ דשיכדא (Ms. O. כִּיסְתָּא) one k. of beer.Pl. כּוּסְיָתָא (fem.). Ib. חמש עשר כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. חמשא כוסתא, Ms. O. כסתתא; Rashi כּוֹסָאתָא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). (Oth. opin. כּוֹסְתָא fem. form of כּוֹסָא, v. כַּסָּא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.