compitum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

compitum n (genitive compitī); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) crossroads

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

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
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