congruens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of congruō (“unite, combine; agree”).
Participle edit
congruēns (genitive congruentis, comparative congruentior, adverb congruenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- uniting, combining, running or meeting together with someone
- agreeing, fit, appropriate, suitable, consistent, congruous
- Synonyms: conveniēns, cōnsonus
- Antonyms: absonus, dissonus
- symmetrical, proportioned; consistent, harmonious
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | congruēns | congruentēs | congruentia | ||
| Genitive | congruentis | congruentium | |||
| Dative | congruentī | congruentibus | |||
| Accusative | congruentem | congruēns | congruentēs congruentīs |
congruentia | |
| Ablative | congruente congruentī1 |
congruentibus | |||
| Vocative | congruēns | congruentēs | congruentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: congruent, congruentie
- → English: congruent
- → French: congruent
- → Spanish: congruente
- → Portuguese: congruente
References edit
- “congruens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “congruens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- congruens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.