congregatio

Latin

Etymology

From congregō (“flock together”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.ɡreˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [kɔŋɡrɛˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ɡreˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [koŋɡreˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

congregātiō f (genitive congregātiōnis); third declension

1. association, society

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	congregātiō	congregātiōnēs
Genitive	congregātiōnis	congregātiōnum
Dative	congregātiōnī	congregātiōnibus
Accusative	congregātiōnem	congregātiōnēs
Ablative	congregātiōne	congregātiōnibus
Vocative	congregātiō	congregātiōnēs

Related terms

• congregābilis
• congregālis
• congregātim
• congregātīvus
• congregātor
• congregātus
• congregō

Descendants

• Catalan: congregació
• English: congregation
• French: congrégation
• Galician: congregación
• Italian: congregazione
• Occitan: congregacion
• Portuguese: congregação
• Romanian: congregație
• Russian: конгрега́ция (kongregácija)
• Spanish: congregación

References

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