comptus N M

comptus, a, um, v. 1. como, P. a.

comptus, ūs, m. [coëmo = conjungo; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Munro ad Lucr. 1, 950], a band, tie ( = coëmptio):

qui comptu conjugioque Corporis atque animae consistimus pariter apti,

Lucr. 3, 845.

comptus, ūs, m. [1. como], an ornament for the hair or head, a head-dress, Lucr. 1, 88; Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 9 Müll.; cf. ib. p. 63, 13.

a head-dress, a hairband.

ENG white-eyed trogon

* * *

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

comtus, a, um, = comptus, a, um, v. 1. como, P. a.

comtus, ūs, v. 2. comptus.

circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).

Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

With dat.:

aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1035:

moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

satellites armatos contioni,

Liv. 34, 27, 5:

hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

milites sibi,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 2, 510:

licia tibi,

id. E. 8, 74:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 1, 631:

bracchia collo,

id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

bracchia cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

lectis aulaea purpura,

Curt. 9, 7, 15:

cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—

Without a dat.:

caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ignes,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

custodias,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

armata circumdatur Romana legio,

Liv. 1, 28, 3:

exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

circumdatae stationes,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

murus circumdatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

turris toto opere circumdedit,

id. ib. 7, 72:

circumdato vallo,

Curt. 3, 2, 2:

lauream (sc. capiti),

Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

toto oppido munitiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

equites cornibus,

Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

circumdare terram radices,

Cato, R. R. 114;

and per tmesin,

id. ib. 157.—

Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43, 3:

egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

principatus inanem ei famam,

id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

principi ministeria,

id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—

Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.

Lit.

In gen.:

animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

Lucr. 5, 469:

portum moenibus,

Nep. Them. 6, 1:

regio insulis circumdata,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

villam statione,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

suam domum spatio,

id. G. 16:

collis operibus,

id. A. 6, 41:

vallo castra,

id. H. 4, 57:

Othonem vexillis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

canibus saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

collum filo,

Cat. 64, 377:

(aurum) circumdatum argento,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

circumdedit se zonā,

Suet. Vit. 16:

circumdata corpus amictu,

Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

tempora vittis,

id. ib. 13, 643:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137.—

Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

oppidum vallo et fossā,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

oppidum quinis castris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

oppidum coronā,

Liv. 4, 47, 5:

quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

id. 6, 8, 9:

fossā valloque urbem,

id. 25, 22, 8:

fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

id. 28, 3, 5:

hostes exercitu toto,

Curt. 3, 8, 4. —

Trop.:

omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

Vell. 1, 17, 2:

pueritiam robore,

Tac. A. 12, 25:

fraude,

Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

monstrorum novitate,

Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

circum-do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre, v. a., lit. to put, set, or place around, i. e. both to wrap around (e. g. a mantle). and also to enclose (e. g. a town with a wall; syn.: cingo, vestio, saepio, circumvallo al.), with a twofold construction (cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 418).

Aliquid (alicui rei), to place something [p. 337] around something, to put, set around, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

With dat.:

aër omnibus est rebus circumdatus appositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1035:

moenibus subjectos prope jam ignes circumdatosque restinximus,

Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

circumdare fossam latam cubiculari lecto,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

satellites armatos contioni,

Liv. 34, 27, 5:

hinc patre hinc Catulo lateri circumdatis, Romam rediit,

i. e. one on each side, id. 30, 19, 9; 3, 28, 2:

milites sibi,

Tac. A. 13, 25:

arma umeris,

Verg. A. 2, 510:

licia tibi,

id. E. 8, 74:

vincula collo,

Ov. M. 1, 631:

bracchia collo,

id. ib. 9, 459; 9, 605; 6, 479;

and in tmesis: collo dare bracchia circum,

Verg. A. 6, 700 (cf. the simplex:

bracchia cervici dare,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 3):

lectis aulaea purpura,

Curt. 9, 7, 15:

cum maxime in hostiam itineri nostro circumdatam intuens,

i. e. divided, and part placed on each side of the way, Liv. 40, 13, 4.—

Without a dat.:

caedere januam saxis, ligna et sarmenta circumdare ignemque subicere coeperunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 69; 2, 1, 31, § 80:

ignes,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

custodias,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

armata circumdatur Romana legio,

Liv. 1, 28, 3:

exercitu circumdato summā vi Cirtam irrumpere nititur,

Sall. J. 25, 9:

circumdatae stationes,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

murus circumdatus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

turris toto opere circumdedit,

id. ib. 7, 72:

circumdato vallo,

Curt. 3, 2, 2:

lauream (sc. capiti),

Suet. Vit. 9.— Subst.: circumdăti, ōrum, m., those around, the surrounding soldiers:

circumdatos Antonius adloquitur,

Tac. H. 3, 63.—With an abl. loci:

toto oppido munitiones,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34 fin.:

equites cornibus,

Liv. 33, 18, 9; and without dat., Tac. A. 14, 53.—With two accs.:

circumdare terram radices,

Cato, R. R. 114;

and per tmesin,

id. ib. 157.—

Trop. (most freq. in Tac.):

cancelli, quos mihi ipse circumdedi,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

nescio an majora vincula majoresque necessitates vobis quam captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit,

Liv. 21, 43, 3:

egregiam famam paci circumdedit,

i. e. conferred, imparted, Tac. Agr. 20; cf.:

principatus inanem ei famam,

id. H. 4, 11; id. Or. 37:

principi ministeria,

id. H. 2, 59; id. A. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus,

encompassing, Lucr. 1, 88; Tac. H. 4, 45; id. A. 16, 25.—

Aliquem or aliquid (aliquā re), to surround some person or thing ( with something), to encompass, enclose, encircle with.

Lit.

In gen.:

animum (deus) circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.; cf.:

aether corpore concreto circumdatus undique,

Lucr. 5, 469:

portum moenibus,

Nep. Them. 6, 1:

regio insulis circumdata,

Cic. Fl. 12, 27:

villam statione,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

suam domum spatio,

id. G. 16:

collis operibus,

id. A. 6, 41:

vallo castra,

id. H. 4, 57:

Othonem vexillis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

canibus saltus,

Verg. E. 10, 57:

circumdato me bracchiis: meum collum circumplecte,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 106:

collum filo,

Cat. 64, 377:

(aurum) circumdatum argento,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: furvis circumdatus alis Somnus, * Tib. 2, 1, 89:

ad talos stola demissa et circumdata palla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 99:

circumdedit se zonā,

Suet. Vit. 16:

circumdata corpus amictu,

Ov. M. 4, 313; cf. id. ib. 3, 666:

tempora vittis,

id. ib. 13, 643:

Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo,

Verg. A. 4, 137.—

Esp. of a hostile surrounding, to surround, encompass, invest, besiege, etc.:

oppidum vallo et fossā,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10:

oppidum quinis castris,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

cum legati... multitudine domum ejus circumdedissent,

Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

vallo atque fossā moenia circumdat,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

oppidum coronā,

Liv. 4, 47, 5:

quos (hostes) primo Camillus vallo circumdare est adortus,

id. 6, 8, 9:

fossā valloque urbem,

id. 25, 22, 8:

fossā duplicique vallo circumdatā urbe,

id. 28, 3, 5:

hostes exercitu toto,

Curt. 3, 8, 4. —

Trop.:

omni autem totam figuram mundi levitate circumdedit,

Cic. Univ. 6 init.:

exiguis quibusdam finibus oratoris munus circumdedisti,

have confined, circumscribed, id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.:

minus octoginta annis circumdatum aevum,

Vell. 1, 17, 2:

pueritiam robore,

Tac. A. 12, 25:

fraude,

Sil. 7, 134; cf. id. 12, 477:

monstrorum novitate,

Quint. Decl. 18, 1.

cŏëmptĭo, ōnis, f. [coëmo], jurid. t. t.

A pretended purchase of an estate which was subjected to a mock sale for the purpose of divesting it of the burden of certain sacrifices attached to it, Cic. Mur. 12, 27 Moeb.—

Esp., a marriage, consisting in a mutual mock sale of the parties, by which the wife was freed from the tutela legitima and the family sacra, Gai Inst. 1, 110; 1, 113 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. de Or. 1, 56, 237; Varr. L. L. 6, § 43; cf. id. ap. Non. p. 531, 10 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 31; id. A. 4, 103 (but acc. to Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061 = 2. comptus, q. v.).

in-comptus ( incomt-), a, um, adj., unadorned, inelegant, artless, rude (rare but class.).

Lit.:

incomptis Curium capillis,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; so Ov. M. 9, 789; cf.

caput,

Hor. Epod. 5, 16; and:

nuda, nudis incompta capillis,

Ov. M. 4, 261.— In Comp.:

incomptiore capillo,

Suet. Aug. 69: ungues, unpared, untrimmed, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Acad. 3, 7, IV. 2, p. 471 Orell.:

apparatus,

Tac. G. 14.—

Trop., of speech:

ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnallae inornatae, quas id ipsum deceat: sic haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta delectat,

Cic. Or. 23, 78; cf. id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

ars,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

nuda sit et velut incompta oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 41; Liv. 4, 41, 1:

coloni versibus incomptis ludunt,

Verg. G. 2, 386:

(versus),

Hor. A. P. 446.— Adv.: incomptē, roughly, inelegantly (post-class. and very rare):

dolantur stipites,

Amm. 31, 2:

laudare,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 34.

in-comptus ( incomt-), a, um, adj., unadorned, inelegant, artless, rude (rare but class.).

Lit.:

incomptis Curium capillis,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; so Ov. M. 9, 789; cf.

caput,

Hor. Epod. 5, 16; and:

nuda, nudis incompta capillis,

Ov. M. 4, 261.— In Comp.:

incomptiore capillo,

Suet. Aug. 69: ungues, unpared, untrimmed, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Acad. 3, 7, IV. 2, p. 471 Orell.:

apparatus,

Tac. G. 14.—

Trop., of speech:

ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnallae inornatae, quas id ipsum deceat: sic haec subtilis oratio, quasi incompta delectat,

Cic. Or. 23, 78; cf. id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

ars,

id. de Or. 1, 55, 234:

nuda sit et velut incompta oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 41; Liv. 4, 41, 1:

coloni versibus incomptis ludunt,

Verg. G. 2, 386:

(versus),

Hor. A. P. 446.— Adv.: incomptē, roughly, inelegantly (post-class. and very rare):

dolantur stipites,

Amm. 31, 2:

laudare,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 34.

infŭla, ae, f. [cf. Sanscr. bhāla, brow; Gr. phalos, phalara], a band, bandage.

In gen.:

in infulis tantam rem depingere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.—

In partic., a white and red fillet or band of woollen stuff, worn upon the forehead, as a sign of religious consecration and of inviolability, a sacred fillet; so a priest ' s fillet:

sacerdotes Cereris cum infulis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110:

Phoebi Triviaeque sacerdos, Infula cui sacrā redimibat tempora vittā,

Verg. A. 10, 538: cujus sacerdotii (i. e. fratrum arvalium) insigne est spicea corona et infulae albae, Sabin. ap. Gell. 7, 7, 8.—Hence, meton., a priest, Prud. Apoth. 486.—Of the victim ' s fillet (whether beast or man):

saepe in honore deum medio stans hostia ad aram, Lanea dum niveā circumdatur infula vittā,

Verg. G. 3, 487:

infula virgineos circumdata comptus (of Iphigenia),

Lucr. 1, 87.— Of the fillet worn by a suppliant for protection:

velata infulis ramisque oleae Carthaginiensium navis,

Liv. 30, 36, 4:

velamenta et infulas praeferentes,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

hae litterae (philosophy) apud mediocriter malos infularum loco sunt,

held in awe, Sen. Ep. 14, 10:

ipsas miserias infularum loco habet,

i. e. his wretchedness claims reverence, id. ad Helv. 13, 4. —

Transf., an ornament, mark of distinction, badge of honor:

his insignibus atque infulis imperii venditis (said of the lands belonging to the state),

Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6.— The insignia of an office:

honorum,

Cod. Just. 7, 63, 1: infulae imperiales, id. tit. 37 fin. — Hence, for the office itself, Spart. Hadr. 6.— Ornaments of houses and temples, i. e. carved work, etc., Luc. 2, 355.

nĭtĭdus, a, um, adj. [niteo], shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear (class.; syn.: splendidus, lautus).

Lit.:

facite, sultis, nitidae ut aedes meae sint,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8:

in picturis alios horrida, inculta... contra alios nitida, laeta delectant,

Cic. Or. 11, 36:

nitidus juventā (anguis),

Verg. G. 3, 437:

caesaries,

id. ib. 4, 337:

caput solis,

id. ib. 1, 467:

ebur,

Ov. M. 2, 3:

aries nitidissimus auro,

id. F. 3, 867:

aether,

Val. Fl. 3, 467:

pisces,

with gleaming scales, Ov. M. 1, 74:

cujus turbavit nitidos exstinctus passer ocellos,

Juv. 6, 8.—

Transf.

Of animals, sleek, plump, fat:

jumenta,

Nep. Eum. 5, 6.—

Of persons, well-conditioned, well-favored, healthy-looking:

me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 15.—So, nitidis sensibus haurire aliquid, with fresh, unblunted, unsated senses, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 193.—

Good-looking, handsome, beautiful, neat, elegant, spruce, trim:

nimis nitida femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 4:

quos pexo capillo nitidos videtis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22:

ex nitido fit rusticus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 83:

villae,

id. ib. 1, 15, 46:

nitidioris vitae instrumenta,

Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—

Of fields and plants, blooming, fertile, luxuriant:

nitidae fruges arbustaque laeta,

Lucr. 2, 594:

campi nitidissimi viridissimique,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

nitidissima arboris pars,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 104. — Poet.:

nitidissimus annus,

rich, fertile, Ov. F. 5, 265.—

Of the wrestling ring, in allusion to the oil with which the wrestlers' bodies were anointed: palaestrae, Mart. 4, 8, 5.—

Trop., cultivated, polished, refined:

nitidum quoddam genus verborum et laetum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81:

verba nitidiora,

id. Part. 5, 17:

Isocrates nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79:

Messala,

id. 1, 7, 35:

oratio,

id. 8, 3, 18; 49;

orator,

id. 12, 10, 78:

nitida et curata vox,

id. 11, 3, 26:

hilares nitidique vocantur,

Juv. 11, 178:

vita nitidior,

Plin. 13, 16, 30, § 100.—Hence, adv.: nĭtĭdē, splendidly, brightly, beautifully, magnificently:

ut nitide nitet,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 3:

cenare nitide,

id. Cas. 3, 6, 19; cf. id. Cist. 1, 1, 11.

pūmĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to rub or smooth with pumice-stone, to polish (anteclass. and post-Aug.): rador, subvellor, desquamor, pumicor, ornor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 16:

pumicata manus,

Mart. 5, 41, 6:

pumicata frons,

id. 1, 67, 10; Cat. 39, 19:

dentes,

Hier. Ep. 10.—

Trop.:

nullis assentantium pumicatur sermonibus,

Ambros. Ep. 43, 12.—Hence, pūmĭcātus, a um, P. a., smoothed, i. e. effeminate, luxurious:

homo comptus et pumicatus,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23:

satrapae (with myrrhati, malobathrati),

Sid. Ep. 8, 3 fin.:

detonsus pumicatusque,

id. ib. 1, 7.