congius
English
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Etymology
Noun
congius (plural congii)
- (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. (clarification of this definition is needed)
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), diminutive of κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel-shell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡi.us/, [ˈkɔŋɡiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲd͡ʒius]
Noun
congius m (genitive congiī or congī); second declension
- (historical units of measure) congius, a unit of volume and weight, roughly equal to a gallon. (clarification of this definition is needed)
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).
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[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 137b
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