compos

See also: compós and compôs

English

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpəʊz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

compos

  1. plural of compo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

compos (not comparable)

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

French

Noun

compos ?

  1. plural of compo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Latin potis
Latin compos

    From con- + potis.

    Pronunciation

    • (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

    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

    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 —
    • compotiō

    References

    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

    • “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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