congius

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congius ‎(plural congii)

1. An ancient Roman liquid measure, being six sextarii or one eighth of an amphora; also used as a weight measure during the reign of Vespasian, being the weight of that volume of water.

Related termsEdit

• congiaria
• congiary

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EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱon-. Cognates include Ancient Greek κόγχος ‎(kónkhos) and Sanskrit शङ्ख ‎(śaṅkhá).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡi.us/, [ˈkɔŋ.ɡi.ʊs]

NounEdit

congius m ‎(genitive congii); second declension

1. congius

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	congius	congiī
genitive	congiī	congiōrum
dative	congiō	congiīs
accusative	congium	congiōs
ablative	congiō	congiīs
vocative	congie	congiī

DescendantsEdit

• English: congius
• French: conge
• Italian: cogno, congio
• Portuguese: côngio
• Spanish: congio

ReferencesEdit

• congius in Charlton T. Lewis & 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, 1883–1887)
• congius in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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