Italian

Adjective

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

1. adequate, fair
2. 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

1. I come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone.
2. I coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree with, am suited; accord, suit, fit.
3. I agree.

Inflection

• The infinitive, congruere, is read as congruēre in Terence's Heauton Timorumenos.

Derived terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “congruo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.