con-grātŭlor, ātus, āri,
v. dep., to wish joy, to congratulate (very rare; not in Cic.); absol. : dona quid cessant mihi Conferre omnes congratulantes, qui pugnavi fortiter, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 21 Brix; Gell. 12, 1, 4; Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 10.—With dat. pers. , Vulg. Ruth, 4, 17; cf. Porc. Latro , Decl. in Catil. 36.— Alicui de aliquā re , Vulg. Tob. 11, 20.—With acc. and inf., Liv. 3, 54, 7.