congiariis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →congiarius, congiaria, congiarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Science
of/pertaining to/holding the (liquid) measure of one congius (about 3 quarts);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →congiarium, congiari(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
largess for soldiers/poor; gift in grain/oil/wine/salt/money; 1 congius vessel;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...amicorum officiis paria mensa faciunt, qui fericula pro congiariis numerant, quasi in alienum honorem intemperantes sint. Deme illis..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...magis sentiret se fuisse, quam civem. XXVI. Adventante congiarii die, observare principis egressum in publicum, insidere vias examina..."
