congressus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect participle of congredior

Participle

congressus m (feminine congressa, neuter congressum); first/second declension

  1. approached, visited, accosted
  2. fought

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative congressus congressa congressum congressī congressae congressa
Genitive congressī congressae congressī congressōrum congressārum congressōrum
Dative congressō congressae congressō congressīs congressīs congressīs
Accusative congressum congressam congressum congressōs congressās congressa
Ablative congressō congressā congressō congressīs congressīs congressīs
Vocative congresse congressa congressum congressī congressae congressa

Noun

congressus m (genitive congressūs); fourth declension

  1. meeting, assembly, conference
  2. congress (all meanings)

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative congressus congressūs
Genitive congressūs congressuum
Dative congressuī congressibus
Accusative congressum congressūs
Ablative congressū congressibus
Vocative congressus congressūs

Descendants

References
  • congressus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • congressus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • congressus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • congressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
    • to obtain an audience of some one: in congressum alicuius venire
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