compendium (conp-) ī, n com- + pendo, gain, profit: alquem cum compendio dimittere: in quaestu compendioque versati: compendii sui causā: suo privato compendio servire, Cs.: privatum conpendium (eos) in hostem acuebat, L.

— Fig., shortness, a short way: montis, a short cut, O.: per compendia maris adsequi alqm, Ta.