congiario
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. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - 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. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...singulos cadat: ad unumquemque tota perveniunt. E congiario tantum ferunt homines quantum in capita promissum est; epulum..." - G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...artifices, Coae Veneris, item Colossi refectorem, insigni congiario magnaque mercede donavit; mechanico quoque, grandis columnas exigua impensa perducturum..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...invitatos vel sponte ad se commeantis uberrimo congiario prosequebatur, libertos insuper servulosque cuiusque, prout domino patronove gratus..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...potuit et nostris quoque actionibus interesse. Proximo quidem congiario ipsi vidistis plerosque senes, qui se a divo quoque..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...tristes hominum moestosque sermones laetiore materia detineres. Nullam congiario culpam, nullam alimentis crudelitatem redemisti, nec tibi bene faciendi..."