congruo

congruo

See also: côngruo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋɡɾwʊ]

Adjective

congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congruos, feminine plural congruas)

  1. adequate
    • 1460, Rui Vasques, Corónica de Santa Maria de Iria:
      Et ordenou enã dita séé seteenta et dous canoĩgos a semellança dos sateenta et dous dicipulus de Ihesu Christo, prouendolles de congruo maantemẽto.
      And he ordered at that see seventy-two canons, after the seventy-two disciples of Jesus Christ, providing them with adequate sustenance

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.ɡru.o/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɡruo
  • Hyphenation: còn‧gru‧o

Adjective

congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congrui, feminine plural congrue)

  1. adequate, fair
  2. coherent, consistent

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ congruo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • congruo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

    From con- + *gruō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    congruō (present infinitive congruere, perfect active congruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. to come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone
    2. to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree with, be suited; accord, suit, fit
    3. to agree
      Synonyms: concordō, conveniō, condīcō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, cōnstō, pangō
      Antonyms: dissideō, dissentiō, discordō, variō, abhorreō

    Conjugation

    • The infinitive, congruere, is read as congruēre in Terence's Heauton Timorumenos.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Dutch: congrueren
    • Esperanto: kongrui

    References

    • congruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • congruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • congruo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.