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congĭārĭus , a, um, adj. congius,
I.pertaining to a congius, holding a congius.
I. As adj. rare: vinum, given by measure, Cato ap. Fronto Ep. ad Antonin. 1, 2, p. 149 Mai: cadi, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96.—But very freq. subst.,
II. congĭārĭum , ii, n.
A. (Sc. vas.) A vessel that holds a congius, Dig. 33, 7, 13; cf. Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 7.—
B. (Sc. donum.) A gift divided among the people of the measure of a congius; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 52. Orig. this present was in food; “as in oil,” Liv. 25, 2, 8 (v. congius); “in salt,” Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 89; “in wine,” id. 14, 14, 17, § 96. Afterwards congiarium was also used for a largess in money of undefined amount; divided among the soldiers, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; 10, 7, 3; id. Phil. 2, 45, 116; Curt. 6, 2, 10; among the people, Monum. Ancyr. 3, 10 sq.; Suet. Aug. 41 sq.; id. Tib. 20; 54; id. Calig. 17; id. Claud. 21; Plin. Pan. 51 fin., in which sense post-Aug. authors contrast it with the donativum of the soldiers, Suet. Ner. 7; Plin. Pan. 25, 2; Tac. A. 12, 41; 14, 11; or among private friends, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 2; id. Ben. 2, 16, 2; Quint. l. l.; Suet. Caes. 27; id. Vesp. 18; id. Rhet. 5; cf. “Dict. of Antiq.: in hunc maxime quod multa congiaria habuerat, favor populi se inclinabat,” because he had made many distributions, Liv. 37, 57, 11 (v. Drak. ad h. l.); so Tac. Or. 17.—
2. Transf., in gen., a gift, present, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 4; cf. id. Tranq. 7, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.1.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.8.2
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.45.116
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 41
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 17
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 27
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.41
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 21
    • Suetonius, Nero, 7
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 20
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 57.11
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 2.16.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.2.10
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