compos

== English == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpəʊz/ ==== Noun ==== compos plural of compo === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpɒs/, /ˈkɒmpəʊs/ ==== Adjective ==== compos (not comparable) compos mentis; of sound mind; sane ===== Derived terms ===== non compos == French == === Noun === compos ? plural of compo == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kompotis. Equivalent to con- +‎ potis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.pɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.pos] Scanned as compos in Ovid. Some Late Latin and Medieval grammarians indicate an alternative pronunciation compōs, with a lengthened vowel in the final syllable of the nominative singular (but a short -o- in the oblique stem compot-). === Adjective === compos (genitive compotis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem) 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 sharing (especially in the guilt of something) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== compotiō === References === === Further reading === “compos” in volume 3, column 2136, line 19 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present “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 (2003-2026), 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.