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Galician
Etymology
From Medieval Latin congruus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congruos, feminine plural congruas)
- 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
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
Adjective
congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congrui, feminine plural congrue)
- adequate, fair
- coherent, consistent
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- congruo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From con- + *gruō.
Pronunciation
Verb
congruō (present infinitive congruere, perfect active congruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone
- to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree with, be suited; accord, suit, fit
- 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.