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congiary Rom. Antiq.|ˈkɒndʒɪərɪ|
[ad. L. congiāri-um lit. a vessel that holds a congius, f. congius: see below and -ary.]
A gift divided among the people or the soldiers, orig. something measured in a congius, such as corn or wine.
(Some dictionaries give congiary also as a coin: this is an error founded on quots. 1697, 1727.)
1601Holland Pliny II. 417 It is said that Ancus Martius..gaue vnto the people a congiary or largesse of 6000 Modij of salt. 1697Evelyn Disc. Medals 187 The Gift of Largesses and Congiaries in Provisions of Corn, &c., appearing in the Reverses. 1701W. Wotton Hist. Rome vi. 85 Marcus gave a Congiary to the People. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Congiarium, congiary, among medalists, a gift, or donative, represented on a medal..Nero, whose congiaries are the first that we find represented on medals, gave four hundred sesterces. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 607 To the citizens of Rome..he presented, in one congiary, about two guineas and a half a-head. |