congressus

Latin

Etymology 1

    Perfect active participle of congredior.

    Participle

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

    1. having approached, visited, accosted
    2. having fought
    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    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
    accusative congressum congressam congressum congressōs congressās congressa
    ablative congressō congressā congressō congressīs
    vocative congresse congressa congressum congressī congressae congressa

    Etymology 2

      From congredior +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

      Noun

      congressus m (genitive congressūs); fourth declension

      1. meeting, assembly, conference
        Synonyms: concilium, coetus, concursus, cōntiō, coitiō, conventus
      2. congress (all meanings)
      3. carnal union, copulation, sex
      Declension

      Fourth-declension noun.

      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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
      • “congressus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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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