congiariorum
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);
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (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;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...eadem ratio dictorum, ut Fabius Maximus, incusans Augusti congiariorum quae amicis dabantur exiguitatem, heminaria esse dixit (nam congiarium..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...incitamentum, tollere liberos in spem alimentorum, in spem congiariorum; maius tamen, in spem libertatis, in spem securitatis. Atque..."
