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LNS

compitum, compitī

(competum, competī)

compitum, competum, compitus

noun (n., 2^nd declension)

a place where several ways meet, a cross - way, cross - road
an altar raised at cross-roads

Abbreviations

compitum (competum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Mull.), i, n. (mostly in plur.; in sing., Cato, R. R. 5, 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Mull., and in Non. p. 94, 27; Liv. 27, 4, 12; Fest. p. 174, 7 Mull.; Dig. 8, 10, 12, § 3; Tert. Test. Anim. 1 fin.

—Access. form compitus, i, m., Varr. and Caecil. ap. Non. p. 196, 9 sq.) [competo], a place where several ways meet, a cross - way, cross - road, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7; Liv. 34, 2, 12; Verg. G. 2, 382; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 23; 4 (5), 3, 57; Ov. F. 1, 142; 2, 615; 5, 140; Hor. S. 2, 3, 26; 2, 6, 50; id. Ep. 1, 1, 49: compita Larum (Romae) CCLXV., Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66.

— Trop. (with allusion to the fable of the Choice of Hercules), Pers. 5, 35.

— Meton.: stomachi, Tert. Res Carn. 60.

—Of an altar raised at cross-roads, Grat. Cyn. 483; Inscr. Grut. 107, 1 al.