congruo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.ɡru.o/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɡruo
  • Hyphenation: còn‧gru‧o

Adjective

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

  1. adequate, fair
  2. coherent, consistent

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ congruo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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

  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.

Derived terms

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.