congestio
Latin
Etymology
From congestus, perfect passive participle of congerō (“to bring together”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔŋˈɡɛs.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛs.t̪i.o]
Noun
congestiō f (genitive congestiōnis); third declension
- heaping up, accumulation
- that which is heaped up; a heap, mass, pile
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | congestiō | congestiōnēs |
| genitive | congestiōnis | congestiōnum |
| dative | congestiōnī | congestiōnibus |
| accusative | congestiōnem | congestiōnēs |
| ablative | congestiōne | congestiōnibus |
| vocative | congestiō | congestiōnēs |
References
- “congestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- congestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.