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
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..."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..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...auxere captivi eo maxime quod sermo inter omnes congruebat. Haud erat dubium quin Lucernis opem Romanus ferret, bonis..."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..."