congruentia

Latin

Etymology

From congruēns +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.ɡruˈen.ti.a/, [kɔŋɡruˈɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ɡruˈen.t͡si.a/, [koŋɡruˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

congruentia f (genitive congruentiae); first declension

1. agreement, harmony, congruity, symmetry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	congruentia	congruentiae
Genitive	congruentiae	congruentiārum
Dative	congruentiae	congruentiīs
Accusative	congruentiam	congruentiās
Ablative	congruentiā	congruentiīs
Vocative	congruentia	congruentiae

Related terms

• congruēns
• congruenter
• congruō
• congruus

Descendants

• English: congruence
• French: congruence
• Spanish: congruencia

References

• “congruentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• congruentia 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)
• congruentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.