comptos
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. (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;
acc. 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
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ornatam adducas, ex matronarum modo, capite compto, crinis vittasque habeat, adsimuletque se tuam esse uxorem: ita praecipiundum..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cunctantis socios et terra sublevat ipsum sanguine turpantem comptos de more capillos. Interea genitor Tiberini ad fluminis undam..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...optime Graiugenum, cui me Fortuna precari et vitta comptos voluit praetendere ramos, non equidem extimui Danaum quod ductor..."
