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1 compendium
compendĭum, ii, n. [compendo], orig. belonging to the lang. of econ., that which [p. 388] is weighed together, kept together, saved (cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 10 Müll.); a saving or gain, profit acquired by saving (opp. dispendium; class. in prose and poetry).I.Prop.:B.ego hodie compendi feci binos panes in dies,
have saved two loaves, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 2; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 26:aliquem mercibus suppeditandis cum quaestu compendioque dimittere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 46, § 109:turpe compendium effugere,
id. Fl. 3, 7:se negat facturum compendii sui causā quod non liceat,
id. Off. 3, 15, 63:homines ad turpe compendium commovere,
Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52:servire privato compendio suo,
Caes. B. C. 3, 32; id. B. G. 7, 43; Liv. 8, 36, 10; Plin. 21, 12, 41, § 70; Suet. Tib. 48:compendia repetere ignotis terris,
Tib. 1, 3, 39 al.:ligni,
Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 127; cf.operae,
id. 17, 23, 35, § 214; 18, 20, 49, § 181:viae,
id. 5, 5, 5, § 38.—Esp.,1.Shortness of way, a short way ( = compendiaria), Quint. 4, 2, 46; Tac. A. 12, 28; Flor. 3, 3, 7; Just. 2, 10 fin.; cf.2.montis,
a short cut across the mountain, Ov. M. 3, 234:maris,
Tac. A. 2, 55:fugae,
Sil. 12, 533; cf. Plin. Pan. 95, 5; Gell. praef. § 12.—In the phrases,a.Facere compendium, to make a profit, gain.(α).In gen.:(β).compendium edepol haud aetati optabile Fecisti, quom istanc nactu's impudentiam,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 51.—More freq. to make a saving, i. e. be sparing of a thing: compendium ego te facere pultandi volo, to save your knocking, i. e. to cease therefrom, id. Ps. 2, 2, 11:b.errationis,
id. Rud. 1, 2, 90:praeconis,
id. Stich. 1, 3, 38.—Aliquid ponere ad compendium. to save, spare something, i. e. not to say it, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 3; 3, 1, 5; cf.:II.coaddito ad compendium,
id. ib. v. 4.—A sparing, saving in any thing done, i. e. a shortening, abbreviating:quam potes, tam verba confer maxume ad compendium,
i. e. be concise, brief, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184.—So of discourse, etc. (ante-class.): facere or fieri compendi, to shorten, abridge (the discourse), or to be shortened, abridged: lamentas fletus facere conpendi licet, Pac. ap. Non. p. 132, 29 (Trag. Rel. v. 175 Rib.):compendi verba multa jam faciam tibi,
will be very brief with you, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 7; id. Most. 1, 1, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 42:verbis velitationem fieri compendi volo,
in few words, briefly, id. As. 2, 2, 41; cf.:sed jam fieri dictis compendium volo,
id. Capt. 5, 2, 12:in ipsis statim elementis etiam brevia docendi monstrare compendia,
Quint. 1, 1, 24; cf. id. 1, 1, 30; and:compendio morari,
i. e. only a short time, id. 1, 4, 22.
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