compitum

Latin

Alternative forms

• competum
• conpitum, conpetum

Etymology

From com- (“with”) +‎ petō (“I seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔmpɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔmpit̪um]

Noun

compitum n (genitive compitī); second declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) crossroads

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compitum	compita
Genitive	compitī	compitōrum
Dative	compitō	compitīs
Accusative	compitum	compita
Ablative	compitō	compitīs
Vocative	compitum	compita

Descendants

• Portuguese: cômpito, compita

Related terms

• competēns
• competenter
• competentia

• competitio
• competitor
• competitrix

References

• “compitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Hercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice: Hercules in trivio, in bivio, in compitis