congestio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
congestus, perfect passive participle of congerō (“to bring together”) + -tiō
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈɡes.ti.oː/, [kɔŋˈɡɛs̠t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈd͡ʒes.ti.o/, [kon̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛst̪io]
Noun[edit]
congestiō f (genitive congestiōnis); third declension
- heaping up, accumulation
- that which is heaped up; a heap, mass, pile
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | congestiō | congestiōnēs |
| Genitive | congestiōnis | congestiōnum |
| Dative | congestiōnī | congestiōnibus |
| Accusative | congestiōnem | congestiōnēs |
| Ablative | congestiōne | congestiōnibus |
| Vocative | congestiō | congestiōnēs |
References[edit]
- “congestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- congestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.