compitum
Latin
Alternative forms
- competum
- conpitum, conpetum
Etymology
From con- (“with”) + petō (“I seek”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔmpɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔmpit̪um]
Noun
compitum n (genitive compitī); second declension
- (chiefly in the plural) crossroads
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | compitum | compita |
Genitive | compitī | compitōrum |
Dative | compitō | compitīs |
Accusative | compitum | compita |
Ablative | compitō | compitīs |
Vocative | compitum | compita |
Related terms
- competēns
- competenter
- competentia
- competitio
- competitor
- competitrix
Descendants
- Portuguese: cômpito, compita
References
- “compitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- Hercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice: Hercules in trivio, in bivio, in compitis
- Hercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice: Hercules in trivio, in bivio, in compitis