correspond Copy link Outline I. To agree with1. congruo, i, 3 (with cum; inter and pron. refl.; or with dat.)2. cŏhaereo, haesi, haesum, 2 (to fit together3. convĕnio4. respondeo, di, sum, 2 (with dat. or ad)II. To have mutual communications by letter • correspond: I. To agree with: 1. congruo, i, 3 (with cum; inter and pron. refl.; or with dat.): none of the measurements c., mensurae nullae inter se c., Plin.: the words c. with the case, verba c. et cohaerent cum causa, Cic. 2. cŏhaereo, haesi, haesum, 2 (to fit together: constr. absol., or with inter and pron. refl.): to c. as closely as possible, inter se quam aptissime c., Cic.: and v. supr. 3. convĕnio: v. agree. 4. respondeo, di, sum, 2 (with dat. or ad): that the words may c. to each other as if matched, ut verba verbis quasi paria respondeant, Cic.: v. to answer (II.). Phr.: (this word) c.s with the Greek, etc., idem declarat quod, etc., Cic.: to make words c. to deeds, verba dictis aequare, Liv.: Sall. (the latter, exaequare). II. To have mutual communications by letter: epistolarum commercia habere (cf. Vell. 2, 65 "tum inter [eos] commercia epistolarum," sc. erant): literas dare et accipere, inter se scribere, Cic. (Per literas colloqui might refer to a single letter only, Cic.: more precisely, *mutuo inter se per literas colloqui solere): or perh. *literarum consuetudinem habere: v. intercourse.
CORRESPOND Copy link • CORRESPONDAnswer to anything, respondere alicui rei or (less frequently) ad aliquam rem (general term): convenire alicui rei (to suit): non fallere aliquem or aliquid (to answer, e.g., one’s expectation): alicui rei quasi ex altera parte respondere (e.g., rhetoric to logic, Cic.): the words correspond, verba verbis respondent: there is no Latin expression which so nearly corresponds with the Greek ἡδονή as the word voluptas, nullum verbum inveniri potest, quod magis idem declarat Latine, quod Graece ἡδονή, quam declarat voluptas: the success does not correspond with anybody’s expectations or hopes, eventus alicui non respondent ad spem; res longe aliter, ac quis ratus erat, or ac speraverat, evenit: corresponding words (in different languages), verba, quae idem declarant or significant (quod, etc.). [Vid: To ANSWER = correspond.] To be placed or situated opposite, *exadversus aliquem stare: contra aliquid esse or positum esse: ex adverso positum esse (the first, of persons; the last two, of things). To agree with, consentire: convenire: congruere: concordare [SYN. in AGREE]. Not to correspond with, dissentire; dissidere; discrepare, abhorrere ab aliqua re. Hold intercourse by letters, litteras dare et accipere: to correspond with anybody, cum aliquo per litteras colloqui: *epistolarum commercium habere cum aliquo.