comptas
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;
acc. 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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...consularibus, cetera equestri familia erat, mitis ingenio et comptae facundiae. Cassius plebeii Romae generis, verum antiqui honoratique..."