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(v. n.P. a.) : congrŭo, ŭi, 3 (
* Inf. pres. congruēre, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. Corss. Beitr. 457, to run, come, or meet together with something.
* Prop. (rare; mostly post-Aug.): guttae inter se congruunt et confunduntur,Vitr. 7, 8, 2: arcem nata petit, quo jam manus horrida matrum Congruerat,Val. Fl. 2, 307; 6, 58; of the stars: sidera meantia cum sole aut congruentia,Plin. 2, 79, 81 § 191; cf. Sen. Q. N. 7, 19, 1 (cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69, II. B. infra).— Hence also of the calendar dates, fixed in accordance with the stars: ut vicesimo anno ad metam eandem solis, unde orsi essent, dies cóngruerent,Liv. 1, 19, 6.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry
* Trop., to coincide or correspond with a person or thing, in substance, in feeling, or in time, to be suited or adapted to, to agree with, accord, suit, fit.
* To be suited or fitted to, to agree with (in substance), to correspond; constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
* With cum: illa congruere et cohaerere cum causā,Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19; so id. Lael. 8, 27; id. Att. 2, 8, 1; Liv. 23, 38, 5; Quint. 11, 3, 74: cum virtute congruere semper, Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13.
* To agree (in feeling, opinion, etc.): illi inter se congruunt concorditer,Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 14; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102: mulier mulieri magis congruit,id. Phorm. 4, 5, 14; Nep. Lys. 3 fin.: linguā, moribus, armorum genere institutis ante omnia militaribus congruentes,Liv. 8, 6, 15: ecce autem similia omnia: omnes congruunt: unum cognoris, omnes noris,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34: de re unā solum dissident de ceteris mirifice congruunt,Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: vereor ne natura ... animos quoque dederit corporum doloribus congruentis,sympathizing with, sharing in, affected by,id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3; cf.: sidera innumerabilia caelo inhaerentia cum ejus ipsius motu congruere,id. ib. 5, 24, 69 Tischer ad loc.—Rarely with in and acc.: Bruttiis non societate magis Punicā quam suopte ingenio congruentibus in eum morem,Liv. 29, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: omniumque in unum sententiae congruebant,id. 26, 2, 5; 25, 32, 2: omnes eae res in unum congruentes ... damnationem faciebant,id. 3, 24, 6.
* To come together, agree, meet, coincide (in time): suos dies mensisque congruere volunt cum solis lunaeque ratione,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129: tempus ad id ipsum congruere,Liv. 1, 5, 5; so with ad, id. 1, 19, 6: cum temporum ratio vix congruat,Suet. Gram. 7: forte congruerat, ut Clodii Macri et Fonteii Capitonis caedes nuntiarentur,it happened at the same time,Tac. H. 1, 7: in idem artati temporis,Vell. 1, 16, 2; Suet. Caes. 40; Quint. 5, 5, 2.—Hence, congrŭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.).
* Agreeing, fit, appropriate, suitable, consistent, congruous.
* With cum: vita cum disciplinā,Cic. Brut. 31, 117; 38, 141; id. Fin. 2, 14, 45: Aristoteles et Theophrastus, cum illis re congruentes, genere docendi paulum differentes,id. Leg. 1, 13, 38.
* Agreeing in all its parts; symmetrical, proportioned; accordant, consistent, harmonious: is concentus ex dissimillumarum vocum moderatione concors tamen efficitur et congruens, Cic. Rep. 2, 42, 69: Tiberius corpore fuit amplo et robusto ... ceteris quoque membris usque ad imos pedes aequalis et congruens,Suet. Tib. 68: congruens clamor (opp. dissonus),Liv. 30, 34, 1; cf.: congruentissimā voce acclamare,App. Mag. p. 320, 31.—Hence, congrŭenter, adv., agreeably, filly, suitably (twice in Cic., but very rare in the class. per.): congruenter naturae convenienterque vivere,Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26: ut ad id quodcumque agetur apte congruenterque dicamus,id. de Or. 3, 10, 37: respondere,Dig. 45, 1, 1 fin.—Comp., Fronto Orat. 3 fin.; Min. Fel. Oct. 40 fin.—Sup., Tert. Pudic. 8 fin.; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 12 al.
* Congruens est or videtur, = convenit, it is (seems) fit, proper, meet (post-Aug. and rare); with acc. and inf.: congruens erat, eandem immunitatem parentes obtinere,Plin. Pan. 38, 6: congruentius est, Cod. 8, 47, 4.—In sup.: congruentissimum est, animam puniri,Tert. Anim. 58.—With inf.: congruens videtur primordia ejus aperire,Tac. H. 5, 2; cf.: congruens crediderim recensere,id. A. 4, 6. —With ut: congruens est, ut, etc.,Gell. 17, 8, 13; Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 3.
* Inf. pres. congruēre, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. Corss. Beitr. 457, to run, come, or meet together with something.
* Prop. (rare; mostly post-Aug.): guttae inter se congruunt et confunduntur,Vitr. 7, 8, 2: arcem nata petit, quo jam manus horrida matrum Congruerat,Val. Fl. 2, 307; 6, 58; of the stars: sidera meantia cum sole aut congruentia,Plin. 2, 79, 81 § 191; cf. Sen. Q. N. 7, 19, 1 (cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69, II. B. infra).— Hence also of the calendar dates, fixed in accordance with the stars: ut vicesimo anno ad metam eandem solis, unde orsi essent, dies cóngruerent,Liv. 1, 19, 6.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry
* Trop., to coincide or correspond with a person or thing, in substance, in feeling, or in time, to be suited or adapted to, to agree with, accord, suit, fit.
* To be suited or fitted to, to agree with (in substance), to correspond; constr. with cum, inter se, the dat., or absol.
* With cum: illa congruere et cohaerere cum causā,Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19; so id. Lael. 8, 27; id. Att. 2, 8, 1; Liv. 23, 38, 5; Quint. 11, 3, 74: cum virtute congruere semper, Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13.
* To agree (in feeling, opinion, etc.): illi inter se congruunt concorditer,Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 14; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 102: mulier mulieri magis congruit,id. Phorm. 4, 5, 14; Nep. Lys. 3 fin.: linguā, moribus, armorum genere institutis ante omnia militaribus congruentes,Liv. 8, 6, 15: ecce autem similia omnia: omnes congruunt: unum cognoris, omnes noris,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 34: de re unā solum dissident de ceteris mirifice congruunt,Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: vereor ne natura ... animos quoque dederit corporum doloribus congruentis,sympathizing with, sharing in, affected by,id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3; cf.: sidera innumerabilia caelo inhaerentia cum ejus ipsius motu congruere,id. ib. 5, 24, 69 Tischer ad loc.—Rarely with in and acc.: Bruttiis non societate magis Punicā quam suopte ingenio congruentibus in eum morem,Liv. 29, 6, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.: omniumque in unum sententiae congruebant,id. 26, 2, 5; 25, 32, 2: omnes eae res in unum congruentes ... damnationem faciebant,id. 3, 24, 6.
* To come together, agree, meet, coincide (in time): suos dies mensisque congruere volunt cum solis lunaeque ratione,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129: tempus ad id ipsum congruere,Liv. 1, 5, 5; so with ad, id. 1, 19, 6: cum temporum ratio vix congruat,Suet. Gram. 7: forte congruerat, ut Clodii Macri et Fonteii Capitonis caedes nuntiarentur,it happened at the same time,Tac. H. 1, 7: in idem artati temporis,Vell. 1, 16, 2; Suet. Caes. 40; Quint. 5, 5, 2.—Hence, congrŭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.).
* Agreeing, fit, appropriate, suitable, consistent, congruous.
* With cum: vita cum disciplinā,Cic. Brut. 31, 117; 38, 141; id. Fin. 2, 14, 45: Aristoteles et Theophrastus, cum illis re congruentes, genere docendi paulum differentes,id. Leg. 1, 13, 38.
* Agreeing in all its parts; symmetrical, proportioned; accordant, consistent, harmonious: is concentus ex dissimillumarum vocum moderatione concors tamen efficitur et congruens, Cic. Rep. 2, 42, 69: Tiberius corpore fuit amplo et robusto ... ceteris quoque membris usque ad imos pedes aequalis et congruens,Suet. Tib. 68: congruens clamor (opp. dissonus),Liv. 30, 34, 1; cf.: congruentissimā voce acclamare,App. Mag. p. 320, 31.—Hence, congrŭenter, adv., agreeably, filly, suitably (twice in Cic., but very rare in the class. per.): congruenter naturae convenienterque vivere,Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 26: ut ad id quodcumque agetur apte congruenterque dicamus,id. de Or. 3, 10, 37: respondere,Dig. 45, 1, 1 fin.—Comp., Fronto Orat. 3 fin.; Min. Fel. Oct. 40 fin.—Sup., Tert. Pudic. 8 fin.; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 12 al.
* Congruens est or videtur, = convenit, it is (seems) fit, proper, meet (post-Aug. and rare); with acc. and inf.: congruens erat, eandem immunitatem parentes obtinere,Plin. Pan. 38, 6: congruentius est, Cod. 8, 47, 4.—In sup.: congruentissimum est, animam puniri,Tert. Anim. 58.—With inf.: congruens videtur primordia ejus aperire,Tac. H. 5, 2; cf.: congruens crediderim recensere,id. A. 4, 6. —With ut: congruens est, ut, etc.,Gell. 17, 8, 13; Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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