congrŭus, a, um, adj. [congruo, II.], agreeing, fit, suitable; harmonious, concordant (ante-, and more freq. post-class., for the class. congruens): sermo cum illā, * Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 23: sententia verecundiae maternae, Dig. 39, 5, 31, § 1: humanae naturae congruum est, ib. 2, 14, 1: modus, Pall. Oct. 14, 6: tempora, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 315: congruo cunctae multitudinis consensu, App. M. 7, p. 187 fin.
Adv.: con-grŭē, suitably, fitly: congrue respondere, Paul. Sent. 2, 3; Mart. Capt. 6, § 601.