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compos

See also: compós and compôs

English

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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compos

  1. plural of compo

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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compos (not comparable)

  1. compos mentis; of sound mind; sane
Derived terms
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French

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Noun

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compos ?

  1. plural of compo

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kompotis. Equivalent to con- +‎ potis.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.pɔs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.pos]
  • Scanned as compos in Ovid. Some Late Latin and Medieval grammarians indicate an alternative pronunciation compōs, with a lengthened vowel in the final syllable of the nominative singular (but a short -o- in the oblique stem compot-).[1][2]

Adjective

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compos (genitive compotis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

  1. having mastery, control, or power over something (coupled with genitive)
    Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, validus, potēns, strēnuus, firmus
    Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, inops, īnfirmus
    compos (or potens) sui ― master of himself, self-controlled
    non compos mentis ― not mentally competent
  2. sharing (especially in the guilt of something)

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative compos compotēs —
genitive compotis compotum
dative compotī compotibus
accusative compotem compos compotēs —
ablative compote compotibus
vocative compos compotēs —
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References

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  1. ^ Priscian (1855) [c. AD 500], Grammatici Latini ex recensione Henrici Keilii, volume 2. Prisciani Institutionum Grammaticarum Libri I-XII ex recensione Martini Hertzii, Leipzig, page 318: “in os productam Graeca et Latina masculini vel feminini vel neutri vel communis generis: hic heros huius herois, hic nepos huius nepotis, haec dos huius dotis, hoc os huius oris, hic et haec compos huius compotis.”
  2. ^ Papias (11th century), Ars grammatica, De declinationibus nominum: “Excipiuntur etiam hec, que producunt nominatiuum, sed corripiunt penultimam genitivi: "par, paris", "Lar, Laris", "uas, uadis", "pes, pedis", "Ceres, Cereris", "compos, compotis", "bos, bouis", "sus, suis", "grus, gruis" et "res, rei", "spes, spei", "fides, fidei", "plebes, plebei".”

Further reading

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  • “compos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “compos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compos in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “compos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be of sane mind: mentis compotem esse
    • to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
    • to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
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