adjective
compactĭlis
Meaning
- Pressed
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
compactĭlis, e, adj. compactus, compingo.
I. Pressed or joined together, compact:
trabes, fitted one to another, Vitr. 4, 7: postes, id. 10, 14, 2: operimentum (of nuts), Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88.—II. Of form, thick-set, compact; of lions, Plin. 8, 16, 18, § 46;
of bees, id. 11, 18, 19, § 59.