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

   Synonyms: cōnsēnsus, cōnsēnsiō, concordia, cōnspīrātiō

   Antonyms: discordia, dissidentia, dissēnsiō

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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

• → Catalan: congruència
• → English: congruence
• → French: congruence
• → Finnish: kongruenssi
• → Galician: congruencia
• → Italian: congruenza
• → Portuguese: congruência
• → 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.