congestio

Latin

Etymology

From congestus, perfect passive participle of congerō (“to bring together”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈɡes.ti.oː/, [kɔŋˈɡɛs̠t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈd͡ʒes.ti.o/, [kon̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛst̪io]

Noun

congestiō f (genitive congestiōnis); third declension

1. heaping up, accumulation
2. that which is heaped up; a heap, mass, pile

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	congestiō	congestiōnēs
genitive	congestiōnis	congestiōnum
dative	congestiōnī	congestiōnibus
accusative	congestiōnem	congestiōnēs
ablative	congestiōne	congestiōnibus
vocative	congestiō	congestiōnēs

References

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