compos
See also: compós and compôs
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpəʊz/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Noun
compos
- plural of compo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpɒs/, /ˈkɒmpəʊs/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Adjective
compos (not comparable)
- compos mentis; of sound mind; sane
Derived terms
- non compos
French
Noun
compos ?
- plural of compo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kompotis. Equivalent to con- + potis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/, [ˈkɔmpɔs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/, [ˈkɔmpos]
Adjective
compos (genitive compotis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
- having mastery, control, or power over something (coupled with genitive)
- Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, validus, potēns, strēnuus, firmus
- Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, inops, īnfirmus
- compos (or potens) sui ― master of himself, self-controlled
- non compos mentis ― not mentally competent
- sharing (especially in the guilt of something)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | compos | compotēs | — | ||
Genitive | compotis | compotum | |||
Dative | compotī | compotibus | |||
Accusative | compotem | compos | compotēs | — | |
Ablative | compote | compotibus | |||
Vocative | compos | compotēs | — |
References
- “compos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compos in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- compos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be of sane mind: mentis compotem esse
- to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
- to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
- to be of sane mind: mentis compotem esse