congruebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →congruo, congruere, congrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
agree, coincide, correspond, be consistent; be suited, be adapted; fit in;; unite, combine, come together; blend, harmonize, act together; be congenial;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...promerendi amoris mirum et efficax studium. Formae minus congruebat gracilitas crurum, sed ea quoque paulatim repleta assidua equi..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quamquam ea cum summa eius philosophia nullo modo congruebat, sic eiusdem testamentum non solum philosophi gravitate, sed etiam..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...auxere captivi eo maxime quod sermo inter omnes congruebat. Haud erat dubium quin Lucernis opem Romanus ferret, bonis..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cuius abditis vitiis per avaritiam ac prodigentiam mire congruebat. Ibaturque in caedes, nisi Afranius Burrus et Annaeus Seneca..."