noun · femininethird declension
compāgēs
compāgēs f (genitive compāgis)
Classical[kɔmˈpaː.ɡeːs]Ecclesiastical[komˈpaː.d͡ʒes]
Meaning
- binding, fastening (act)
- bond, tie
- joint
- structure, framework
- figurativelyfeature
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
iūnctūra firmacompāgēs -is (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 14
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | compāgēs | compāgēs |
| genitive | compāgis | compāgium |
| dative | compāgī | compāgibus |
| accusative | compāgem | compāgēs compāgīs |
| ablative | compāge | compāgibus |
| vocative | compāgēs | compāgēs |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
compāges, is (compāgo, ĭnis; nom., Stat. Th. 7, 43; acc. compaginem, Sen. Ep. 91, 12; abl. compagine, Ov. M. 1, 711; Cels. 4, 7; Manil. 1, 717; 1, 725; 1, 838), f. root pag-; v. pango,
I. a joining together, a connection, joint, structure (freq. and class.).
I. Prop., Lucr. 6, 1070; Ov. M. 3, 30; Luc. 2, 487; 3, 491; Curt. 4, 3, 6; 4, 4, 12; Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20; Suet. Aug. 43 et saep.—Gen. plur. compagum, Plin. 2, 2, 2, § 5 Sillig.—
II. Trop.:
in Veneris compagibus haerent, i. e. in the embraces, Lucr. 4, 1109; 4, 1201: dum sumus in his inclusi compagibus corporis, bodily structures, * Cic. Sen. 21, 77; cf. Vell. 2, 127, 3; Luc. 5, 119.—So of the body of the state, Tac. H. 4, 74 fin. Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincompāgēs
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pangō Latin pangō Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy Proto-Italic *-ēi(s) Latin -es Latin compāgēs From con- + pangō + -es.