(adjective) : congrŭus, a, um, congruo, II.
* Agreeing, fit, suitable; harmonious, concordant (ante-, and more freq. post-class., for the class. congruens): sermo cum illā, * Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 23: sententia verecundiae maternae,Dig. 39, 5, 31, § 1: humanae naturae congruum est,ib. 2, 14, 1: modus,Pall. Oct. 14, 6: tempora,Claud. in Rufin. 1, 315: congruo cunctae multitudinis consensu,App. M. 7, p. 187 fin.—Adv.: con-grŭē, suitably, fitly: congrue respondere,Paul. Sent. 2, 3; Mart. Capt. 6, § 601.

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