comptus

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːmp.tus/, [ˈkoːmpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkomp.tus/, [ˈkɔmpt̪us]

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

• incōmptus

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)