congius

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)

Related terms

congiaria
congiary

Anagrams

soucing

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, “-y: forming diminutives”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡi.us/, [ˈkɔŋɡiʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲd͡ʒius]

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), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 137b