compitum
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From con- (“with”) + petō (“I seek”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔmpɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔmpit̪um]
Noun[edit]
compitum n (genitive compitī); second declension
- (chiefly in the plural) crossroads
Declension[edit]
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 |
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References[edit]
- “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[1], 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