compos

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmpəʊz/

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compos

1. plural of compo

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmpɒs/, /ˈkɒmpəʊs/

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compos (not comparable)

1. compos mentis; of sound mind; sane

• non compos

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1. plural of compo

From Proto-Italic *kompotis. Equivalent to con- +‎ potis.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pɔs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.pos]

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)

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

• “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 (2003-2025), 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