congius
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin congius, from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).
Noun edit
congius (plural congiuses or congii)
- (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 10 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 3.3 L although differing slightly over time.
- (historical) A Roman unit of mass instituted by Vespasian equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water.
Synonyms edit
- Roman gallon, gallon (Roman contexts); congy, conge (obsolete)
Coordinate terms edit
- (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/288 congius), cyathus (1/72 congius), acetabulum (1/48 congius), quartarius (1/24 congius), hemina (1/12 congius), sextarius (⅙ congius), urna (4 congii), amphora (8 congii), culeus (160 congii)
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡi.us/, [ˈkɔŋɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲd͡ʒius]
Noun edit
congius m (genitive congiī or congī); second declension
- (historical) congius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 3.3 L
- (historical) congius, a Roman unit of mass equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water
Declension edit
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).
Coordinate terms edit
- (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/288 congius), cyathus (1/72 congius), acetabulum (1/48 congius), quartarius (1/24 congius), hemina (1/12 congius), sextarius (⅙ congius), urna (4 congii), amphora (8 congii), culeus (160 congii)
Descendants edit
- English: congius
- French: conge
- → Ancient Greek: κόγγιον (kóngion)
- Italian: cogno, congio
- Portuguese: côngio
- Spanish: congio
References edit
- “congius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “congius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- congius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- congius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “congius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “congius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “congius”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 137b