compti
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →comptus, comptus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
union, conjunction; head-dress, hairband; adornment; well dressed hair (pl.);
gen. sg.
Examples

Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...coma culta maniplis; sed ne sperne virum et comptis diffide capillis. Campesus hic spoliis in tigri s. ille..."- P
Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...amenturve, in altitudinem quandam et terrorem adituri bella compti, ut hostium oculis, armantur. Vetustissimos se nobilissimosque Sueborum Semnones..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...titulo, nomine unguentarii, qui titulus a vita hominis compti semper et pumicati non abhorrebat. Placuit censente Cornuto referri..."
