Latin

Participle

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

1. approached, visited, accosted
2. fought

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

congressus m ‎(genitive congressūs); fourth declension

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

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• Dutch: congres
• French: congrès
• German: Kongress
• Italian: congresso
• Russian: конгре́сс ‎(kongréss)
• Spanish: congreso

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “congressus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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