congius

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete): congy, conge

Etymology

From Latin congius, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱon-. Cognates conch, Ancient Greek κόγχος (kónkhos) and Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkhá), both meaning seashells or a small volume of water, such as might fill one.

Noun

congius (plural congii)

1. (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 7 fluid ounces).
2. (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water.

Related terms

• congiaria
• congiary

Anagrams

• soucing

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱon-. Cognates include Ancient Greek κόγχος (kónkhos) and Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkhá).

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

1. (historical units of measure) congius, a unit of volume and weight, roughly equal to a gallon.

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
• 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