congruo
Italian
Adjective
congruo (feminine singular congrua, masculine plural congrui, feminine plural congrue)
- adequate, fair
- coherent, consistent
Latin
Etymology
From con- + *gruō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡru.oː/, [ˈkɔŋ.ɡrʊ.oː]
Verb
congruō (present infinitive congruere, perfect active congruī); third conjugation, no passive
- I come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone
- I coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree with, am suited; accord, suit, fit
- I agree
Inflection
- The infinitive, congruere, is read as congruēre in Terence's Heauton Timorumenos.
| Conjugation of congruo (third conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | congruō | congruis | congruit | congruimus | congruitis | congruunt |
| imperfect | congruēbam | congruēbās | congruēbat | congruēbāmus | congruēbātis | congruēbant | |
| future | congruam | congruēs | congruet | congruēmus | congruētis | congruent | |
| perfect | congruī | congruistī | congruit | congruimus | congruistis | congruērunt, congruēre | |
| pluperfect | congrueram | congruerās | congruerat | congruerāmus | congruerātis | congruerant | |
| future perfect | congruerō | congrueris | congruerit | congruerimus | congrueritis | congruerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | congruam | congruās | congruat | congruāmus | congruātis | congruant |
| imperfect | congruerem | congruerēs | congrueret | congruerēmus | congruerētis | congruerent | |
| perfect | congruerim | congruerīs | congruerit | congruerimus | congrueritis | congruerint | |
| pluperfect | congruissem | congruissēs | congruisset | congruissēmus | congruissētis | congruissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | congrue | — | — | congruite | — |
| future | — | congruitō | congruitō | — | congruitōte | congruuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | congruere | congruisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | congruēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| congruere | congruendī | congruendō | congruendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- congruēns
- congruenter
- congruentia
- congruus
Descendants
- English: congruent
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