comptus
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;
nom. sg. (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;
nom. sg. 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.);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...prima virorum. cui simul infula virgineos circum data comptus ex utraque pari malarum parte profusast, et maestum simul..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...LXXIX. Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus et palaestrae quam pugnae magis accommodatus omnes dicendi veneres..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...gente sacerdos fronde super galeam et felici comptus oliva Archippi regis missu, fortissimus Umbro, vipereo generi et graviter..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...neglecta decet; Minoida Theseus Abstulit, a nulla tempora comptus acu. Hippolytum Phaedra, nec erat bene cultus, amavit; Cura..."
