congruo

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋɡɾwʊ]

Adjective

congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congruos, feminine plural congruas)

1. adequate
   • 1460, Rui Vasques, Corónica de Santa Maria de Iria:

     Et ordenou enã dita séé seteenta et dous canoĩgos a semellança dos sateenta et dous dicipulus de Ihesu Christo, prouendolles de congruo maantemẽto.

     And he ordered at that see seventy-two canons, after the seventy-two disciples of Jesus Christ, providing them with adequate sustenance

Derived terms

• congrua

References

• “congruo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “congru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “congruo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “congruo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.ɡru.o/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɡruo
• Hyphenation: còn‧gru‧o

Adjective

congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congrui, feminine plural congrue)

1. adequate, fair
2. coherent, consistent

Derived terms

• adv. congruentemente VS incongruentemente
• adj. congruente VS incongruo, incongruente
• n. congrua
• n. abs. congruenza VS incongruenza

Further reading

• congruo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ *gruō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡru.oː/, [ˈkɔŋɡruoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡru.o/, [ˈkɔŋɡruo]

Verb

congruō (present infinitive congruere, perfect active congruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone
2. to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree with, be suited; accord, suit, fit
3. to agree

   Synonyms: concordō, conveniō, condīcō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, cōnstō, pangō

   Antonyms: dissideō, dissentiō, discordō, variō, abhorreō

Conjugation

• The infinitive, congruere, is read as congruēre in Terence's Heauton Timorumenos.

Conjugation of congruō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	congruō	congruis	congruit	congruimus	congruitis	congruunt
	imperfect	congruēbam	congruēbās	congruēbat	congruēbāmus	congruēbātis	congruēbant
	future	congruam	congruēs	congruet	congruēmus	congruētis	congruent
	perfect	congruī	congruistī	congruit	congruimus	congruistis	congruērunt, congruēre
	pluperfect	congrueram	congruerās	congruerat	congruerāmus	congruerātis	congruerant
	future perfect	congruerō	congrueris	congruerit	congruerimus	congrueritis	congruerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	congruam	congruās	congruat	congruāmus	congruātis	congruant
	imperfect	congruerem	congruerēs	congrueret	congruerēmus	congruerētis	congruerent
	perfect	congruerim	congruerīs	congruerit	congruerīmus	congruerītis	congruerint
	pluperfect	congruissem	congruissēs	congruisset	congruissēmus	congruissētis	congruissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	congrue	—	—	congruite	—
	future	—	congruitō	congruitō	—	congruitōte	congruuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		congruere	congruisse	—	—	—	—
participles		congruēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		congruendī	congruendō	congruendum	congruendō	—	—

Derived terms

• congruenter
• congruentia
• congruus
• congruēns

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: congrueren
• → Esperanto: kongrui

References

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