compĕten-ter

com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).

Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

unum locum,

Just. 13, 2, 1:

unam speciosam (puellam),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—

Neutr., to meet or come together.

Lit. (very rare):

ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

Suet. Caes. 40:

si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—

Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

id. H. 3, 73:

aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 17:

ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

Liv. 22, 5, 3:

ei loci situs ita competit,

Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —

To belong, be due to:

actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

Quint. 3, 6, 11:

mihi adversus te actio competit,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

poena competit in aliquem,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

hereditas competit, alicui,

Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

libertas servo competere potest,

Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,

com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.

Corresponding to:

personae rebus,

App. Flor. 16:

ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—

Competent, legal:

judex,

Dig. 2, 1, 19:

tribunal,

ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—

compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

consulere alicui,

Dig. 24, 3, 22:

punire,

ib. 22, 5, 16.—

* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—

* Sup.:

uti Platone,

App. Mag. p. 316, 22.

com-pĕto ( conp-), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).

Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare):

unum locum,

Just. 13, 2, 1:

unam speciosam (puellam),

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—

Neutr., to meet or come together.

Lit. (very rare):

ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.:

ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,

Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.:

tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,

Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.:

fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,

Suet. Caes. 40:

si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,

Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.:

si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6.—

Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it:

tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,

Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond:

neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,

Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46:

dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,

id. H. 3, 73:

aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,

Quint. 4, 1, 17:

ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,

Liv. 22, 5, 3:

ei loci situs ita competit,

Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1:

si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,

Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin. —

To belong, be due to:

actionem competere in equitem Romanum,

Quint. 3, 6, 11:

mihi adversus te actio competit,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

poena competit in aliquem,

App. M. 10, p. 243, 40:

hereditas competit, alicui,

Eum. Pan. Const. 4:

libertas servo competere potest,

Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,

com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.

Corresponding to:

personae rebus,

App. Flor. 16:

ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,

Gell. 19, 13, 3.— Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—

Competent, legal:

judex,

Dig. 2, 1, 19:

tribunal,

ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—

compĕten-ter, adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.):

consulere alicui,

Dig. 24, 3, 22:

punire,

ib. 22, 5, 16.—

* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—

* Sup.:

uti Platone,

App. Mag. p. 316, 22.