compitum

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpitum, competum, conpetum

Etymology

From con- (“with”) +‎ petō (“to seek, aim at”); compare competō (“to come together”).

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).

	singular	plural
nominative	compitum	compita
genitive	compitī	compitōrum
dative	compitō	compitīs
accusative	compitum	compita
ablative	compitō	compitīs
vocative	compitum	compita

Related terms

• competēns
• competenter
• competentia
• competitiō
• competitor
• competitrīx
• competō

Descendants

• → Portuguese: cômpito, compita

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Hercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice: Hercules in trivio, in bivio, in compitis