compitum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pi.tum/, [ˈkɔm.pɪ.tũ]

Noun

compitum n (genitive compitī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) crossroads

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Descendants

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
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