compos
English
Etymology 1
Noun
compos
Etymology 2
Adjective
compos (not comparable)
- compos mentis; of sound mind; sane
French
Noun
compos ?
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/, [ˈkɔmpɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/, [ˈkɔmpos]
Adjective
compos (genitive compotis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)
- having the mastery, control, or power over something (takes the genitive), as in non compos mentis, not mentally competent, sometimes shortened to non compos
- sharing (especially in the guilt of something)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | compos | compotēs | compota | ||
Genitive | compotis | compotum | |||
Dative | compotī | compotibus | |||
Accusative | compotem | compos | compotēs | compota | |
Ablative | compote | compotibus | |||
Vocative | compos | compotēs | compota |
References
- “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 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
- to be of sane mind: mentis compotem esse
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