congruo

See also: côngruo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋɡɾwʊ]

Adjective

congruo (feminine congrua, masculine plural congruos, feminine plural congruas)

1. adequate
   • 1460, Rui Vasques, Corónica de Santa Maria de Iria:

     Et ordenou enã dita séé seteenta et dous canoĩgos a semellança dos sateenta et dous dicipulus de Ihesu Christo, prouendolles de congruo maantemẽto.

     And he ordered at that see seventy-two canons, after the seventy-two disciples of Jesus Christ, providing them with adequate sustenance

Derived terms

• congrua

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “congruo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “congruo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “congruo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “congruo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Latin congruus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.ɡru.o/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɡruo
• Hyphenation: còn‧gru‧o

Adjective

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

1. adequate, fair
2. coherent, consistent

Derived terms

• adv. congruentemente VS incongruentemente
• adj. congruente VS incongruo, incongruente
• n. congrua
• n. abs. congruenza VS incongruenza

Further reading

• “congruo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin *gruō

Latin congruō

From con- + *gruō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡru.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡru.o]

Verb

congruō (present infinitive congruere, perfect active congruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

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

   Synonyms: concordō, conveniō, condīcō, cōnsentiō, assentiō, concurrō, cōnstō, pangō

   Antonyms: dissideō, dissentiō, discordō, variō, abhorreō

Conjugation

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

   Conjugation of congruō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	congruō		congruis		congruit		congruimus		congruitis		congruunt
	imperfect	congruēbam		congruēbās		congruēbat		congruēbāmus		congruēbātis		congruēbant
	future	congruam		congruēs		congruet		congruēmus		congruētis		congruent
	perfect	congruī		congruistī		congruit		congruimus		congruistis		congruērunt, congruēre
	pluperfect	congrueram		congruerās		congruerat		congruerāmus		congruerātis		congruerant
	future perfect	congruerō		congrueris		congruerit		congruerimus		congrueritis		congruerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	congruam		congruās		congruat		congruāmus		congruātis		congruant
	imperfect	congruerem		congruerēs		congrueret		congruerēmus		congruerētis		congruerent
	perfect	congruerim		congruerīs		congruerit		congruerīmus		congruerītis		congruerint
	pluperfect	congruissem		congruissēs		congruisset		congruissēmus		congruissētis		congruissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		congrue		—		—		congruite		—
	future	—		congruitō		congruitō		—		congruitōte		congruuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		congruere			—			congruēns			—
perfect		congruisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		congruendī		congruendō		congruendum		congruendō		—		—

Derived terms

• congruēns
• congruenter
• congruentia
• congruus

Descendants

• → Dutch: congrueren
• → Esperanto: kongrui

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
• “congruo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.