comptus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cōmō (“to arrange, adorn, dress”).

Pronunciation

Participle

cōmptus (feminine cōmpta, neuter cōmptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. brought together, formed, framed, constructed, arranged, having been arranged
  2. (usually of hair) taken care of, cared for; combed, dressed, braided; having been dressed
  3. (in general) adorned, decked, dressed, ornamented, having been adorned
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cōmptus cōmpta cōmptum cōmptī cōmptae cōmpta
genitive cōmptī cōmptae cōmptī cōmptōrum cōmptārum cōmptōrum
dative cōmptō cōmptae cōmptō cōmptīs
accusative cōmptum cōmptam cōmptum cōmptōs cōmptās cōmpta
ablative cōmptō cōmptā cōmptō cōmptīs
vocative cōmpte cōmpta cōmptum cōmptī cōmptae cōmpta
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italian: conto (etym. 4)

Etymology 2

From cōmō (“to arrange, adorn, dress”) +‎ -tus (forms action nouns).

Noun

cōmptus m (genitive cōmptūs); fourth declension

  1. band, tie, headdress
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōmptus cōmptūs
genitive cōmptūs cōmptuum
dative cōmptuī cōmptibus
accusative cōmptum cōmptūs
ablative cōmptū cōmptibus
vocative cōmptus cōmptūs

References

  • “comptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “comptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • comptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • well-ordered, well-brushed hair: capilli compti, compositi (opp. horridi)
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