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, Ap. Met. 7, 1, 16.—Adv.: con-grŭē , suitably, fitly : congrue respondere, Paul. Sent. 2, 3; Mart. Cap. 6, § 601.