comptae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →comptus, compta, comptum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adorned/ornamented/decked (hair); embellished, elegant/neat/pointed (discourse);; adorned/decorated, dressed/arranged/brushed (hair), smart; ornate/embellished;; elegant (writing/writers), neat, in order, polished, smoothed;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.) - Entry →como, comere, compsi, comptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
arrange/do (hair); adorn, make beautiful; embellish; arrange in order, set out;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...confisa suae Cleopatra sine ullistristis adit lacrimis, simulatum compta doloremqua decuit, ueluti laceros dispersa capillos,et sic orsa..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quid esset et quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima, nunc..." - T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...Nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant rationem reddere aventem abstrahit invitum patrii sermonis..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possem, dum perspicis omnem naturam rerum, qua constet compta figura. Sed quoniam docui solidissima materiai corpora perpetuo volitare..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fores subito non vultus, non color unus, non comptae mansere comae; sed pectus anhelum, et rabie fera corda..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...numeris levioribus apta, aut puer aut longas compta puella comas.' Questus eram, pharetra cum protinus ille soluta legit..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...consularibus, cetera equestri familia erat, mitis ingenio et comptae facundiae. Cassius plebeii Romae generis, verum antiqui honoratique..."
