different between terms vs congius

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Alternative forms

• congy, conge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin congius.

Noun

congius (plural congii)

1. (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. (historical units of measure) An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

• congiaria
• congiary

Anagrams

• soucing

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (konkhíon), diminutive of ????? (kónkh?), ?????? (kónkhos, “mussel-shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kon.?i.us/, [?k???i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kon.d??i.us/, [?k?n??d??ius]

Noun

congius m (genitive congi? or cong?); second declension

1. (historical units of measure) congius, a unit of volume and weight, roughly equal to a gallon. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: congius
• French: conge
• ? Ancient Greek: ??????? (kóngion)
• Italian: cogno, congio
• Portuguese: côngio
• Spanish: congio

References

• congius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• congius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• congius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• congius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• congius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• congius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001) , “congius”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 137b