verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent
congredior
congredior (present infinitive congredī, perfect active congressus sum)
Classical[kɔŋˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[koŋˈɡrɛː.di.or]
Meaning
- deponentto go, come or meet with someone, approach; visit, accost, address
- deponentto fight, contend, engage
- deponentto strive, struggle, contend
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
meet in battle
congredior -ī — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | congredior | congrediēbar | congrediar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | congrederis congredere | congrediēbāris congrediēbāre | congrediēris congrediēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | congreditur | congrediēbātur | congrediētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | congredimur | congrediēbāmur | congrediēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | congrediminī | congrediēbāminī | congrediēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | congrediuntur | congrediēbantur | congredientur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | congrediar | congrederer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | congrediāris congrediāre | congrederēris congrederēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | congrediātur | congrederētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | congrediāmur | congrederēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | congrediāminī | congrederēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | congrediantur | congrederentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | congredere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | congrediminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | congreditor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | congreditor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | congrediuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | congredī | — |
| perfect infinitive | congressum esse | — |
| future infinitive | congressūrum esse | — |
| present participle | congrediēns | — |
| perfect participle | congressus congressa, congressā, congressae, congressam, congressārum, congressās, congresse, congressī, congressīs, congressō, congressōrum, congressōs | — |
| future participle | congressūrus congressūra, congressūrā, congressūrae, congressūram, congressūrārum, congressūrās, congressūre, congressūrī, congressūrīs, congressūrō, congressūrōrum, congressūrōs, congressūrum | congrediendus congrediundus, congredienda, congrediendā, congrediendae, congrediendam, congrediendārum, congrediendās, congrediende, congrediendīs, congrediendōrum, congrediendōs |
gerundcongrediendī, congrediendō, congrediendumsupinecongressum, congressū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- congredi cum aliquo
- to meet a person by arrangement, interview him.
con-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3, v. dep. gradior,
I. to go, come, or meet with one, esp. with the access. idea of intention, in a friendly or hostile sense (class. in prose and poetry); constr. with cum (contra, etc.), the acc., dat., or absol.
I. In a friendly sense, to visit, accost, address, meet with.
(a). With cum:
insinuatus in familiaritatem adulescentis et cum eo saepe congressus, Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2: luna tum congrediens cum sole, tum digrediens, id. N. D. 2, 40, 103: perquirere ubi sit congressus cum servis Caelius, id. Cael. 22, 53: qui cum Caesare in itinere congressi ... orabant, Caes. B. G. 4, 11.—(g). Absol., Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 16; id. Curc. 2, 1, 19 al.; Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 12; Cic. Pis. 25, 59; id. Att. 8, 15, 3; Sall. J. 109, 2; Nep. Dat. 11, 2:
in eo loco ut congrederentur convenit, Liv. 32, 39, 16; 38, 25, 6; 35, 15, 2: in Macedoniā congrediemur, Brut. ap. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 6, 1: congressa primordia rerum, Lucr. 1, 761; 5, 192; 5, 427.—II. In a hostile sense, to fight, contend, engage. etc. (most freq. in the historians).
(a). With cum:
cum hostibus, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 6: saepenumero cum his, Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 1, 40; 7, 65; Nep. Eum. 11, 5; id. Hann. 1, 2; Liv. 21, 16, 3.— * (b). With contra:
contra ipsum Caesarem est congressus armatus, Cic. Lig. 3, 9.—* (g). With adversus, Aur. Vict. Epit. 40.—*
(d). With inter se, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—(ε) With dat. (poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
infelix puer atque impar congressus Achilli, Verg. A. 1, 475; Ov. M. 12, 76; Sen. Agam. 747: quippe armato congredi nudum dementia videbatur, Curt. 9, 7, 21; Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.— (ζ) Absol.: locus ad insidias ille, ubi congressi sunt, utri fuerit aptior, Cic. Mil. 20, 53: Aedui quoniam armis congressi ac superati essent, Caes. B. G. 1, 36; so id. ib. fin.; Nep. Dat. 8, 1; id. Ages. 3 fin.; Liv. 7, 22, 4; 8, 24, 9; Tac. A. 2, 11; 12, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 63; Verg. A. 12, 465; Curt. 9, 5, 14: totis viribus, id. 6, 1, 10: in congrediendis hostibus, Gell. 1, 11, 2 (cf. id. § 9: in congressibus proeliorum).—B. Transf., of contention in words, specif. of judic. strife (almost confined to Cic. and Quint.):
tecum luctari et congredi, Cic. Sull. 16, 47; so id. Mur. 32, 67: cum Academico et eodem rhetore, id. N. D. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 38, 9, 1 pr.; Cod. 7, 56, 3.—(b). With abstract subjects:
quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio, Cic. Top. 25, 93; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 13: oratio aequo congressa campo, id. 12, 9, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
congredior gressus, ī, dep.
com- + gradior, to come together, meet, have an interview: Congredere actutum, T.: ubi congressi sunt: coram: cum eo ad conloquium, L.: in itinere, Cs. — To meet in strife, fight, contend, engage, join battle: cum finitimis proelio, Cs.: acie, L.: cum fortiore, N.: neque hostem secum congressum, L.: comminus, L.: contra Caesarem: Achilli, V.: locus ubi congressi sunt: cum vellet congrederetur, Cs. — Fig., of advocates, to strive, contend: tecum: mecum criminibus, join issue on the charges.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincongredior
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin congredior From con- + gradior (“step, walk”).