congius
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English
Etymology
From Latin congius, from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).
Noun
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
- Roman gallon, gallon (Roman contexts); congy, conge (obsolete)
Coordinate terms
- (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)
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
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
- (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
- English: congius
- French: conge
- → Ancient Greek: κόγγιον (kóngion)
- Italian: cogno, congio
- Portuguese: côngio
- Spanish: congio
References
- “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 (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 137b