congius
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EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
congius (plural congii)
- (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. (clarification of this definition is needed)
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), diminutive of κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel-shell”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡi.us/, [ˈkɔŋɡiʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲd͡ʒius]
NounEdit
congius m (genitive congiī or congī); second declension
- (historical units of measure) congius, a unit of volume and weight, roughly equal to a gallon. (clarification of this definition is needed)
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | congius | congiī |
Genitive | congiī congī1 |
congiōrum |
Dative | congiō | congiīs |
Accusative | congium | congiōs |
Ablative | congiō | congiīs |
Vocative | congie | congiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
DescendantsEdit
- English: congius
- French: conge
- → Ancient Greek: κόγγιον (kóngion)
- Italian: cogno, congio
- Portuguese: côngio
- Spanish: congio
ReferencesEdit
- congius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- congius in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- congius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- congius in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- congius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- congius in William Smith et al., editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin, 1890
- Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine, “congius”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, 2001, page 137b