comptis
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
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..."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..."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..."