comptus, comptus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
union, conjunction; head-dress, hairband; adornment; well dressed hair (pl.);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | comptus | comptus |
| Gen. | comptus | comptuum |
| Dat. | comptui | comptibus |
| Acc. | comptum | comptus |
| Voc. | comptus | comptus |
| Abl. | comptu | comptibus |
Examples
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...prima virorum. cui simul infula virgineos circum data comptus ex utraque pari malarum parte profusast, et maestum simul..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...LXXIX. Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus et palaestrae quam pugnae magis accommodatus omnes dicendi veneres..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...gente sacerdos fronde super galeam et felici comptus oliva Archippi regis missu, fortissimus Umbro, vipereo generi et graviter..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...neglecta decet; Minoida Theseus Abstulit, a nulla tempora comptus acu. Hippolytum Phaedra, nec erat bene cultus, amavit; Cura..."