noun · neutersecond declension
compendium1
compendium n (genitive compendiī or compendī)
Classical[kɔmˈpɛn.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[komˈpɛn.di.um]
Meaning
- neutersaving; profit or gain, especially made by saving
- neutershortening, abbreviating; abridgement
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
via breviorcompendium -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 7
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Lucrum · Emolumentum · Quæstus · Compendium
Lucrum and emolumentum denote gain, in any condition of life; lucrum (from lucar, locare,) gain deserved and earned by one’s self, in opp. to damnum; Cic. Fin. v. 30, etc.; like κέρδος; emolumentum (from molere) gain falling to one’s share without any exertion of one’s own, in opp. to detrimentum; Cic. Fin. i. 16, like ὠφέλημα; whereas quæstus and compendium denote gain in the course of trade; quæstus, rather the steadily continued gains of a regular occupation, earnings, in opp. to sumptus; Cic. Parad. vi. 3. Hor. Sat. i. 2. 19, like χρηματισμός; compendium, more a single gain of considerable amount, in opp. to dispendium. (v. 257.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | compendium conpendium | compendia conpendia |
| genitive | compendiī compendī, conpendī, conpendiī | compendiōrum conpendiōrum |
| dative | compendiō conpendiō | compendiīs conpendiīs |
| accusative | compendium conpendium | compendia conpendia |
| ablative | compendiō conpendiō | compendiīs conpendiīs |
| vocative | compendium conpendium | compendia conpendia |
compendĭum, ii, n. compendo, orig. belonging to the lang. of econ.,
I. that which 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.:
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.—B. 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.
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.—2. In the phrases,
a. Facere compendium, to make a profit, gain.
(a). In gen.:
compendium edepol haud aetati optabile Fecisti, quom istanc nactu's impudentiam, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 51.—(b). 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:
errationis, id. Rud. 1, 2, 90: praeconis, id. Stich. 1, 3, 38.—b. Aliquid ponere ad compendium. to save, spare something, i. e. not to say it, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 3; 3, 1, 5; cf.:
coaddito ad compendium, id. ib. v. 4.—II. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
compendium (conp-) ī, n
com- + pendo, gain, profit: alquem cum compendio dimittere: in quaestu compendioque versati: compendii sui causā: suo privato compendio servire, Cs.: privatum conpendium (eos) in hostem acuebat, L.— Fig., shortness, a short way: montis, a short cut, O.: per compendia maris adsequi alqm, Ta.
Origins
con- (“with”) + pendō (“to weigh”) + -ium, literally that which is weighed together.
Descendants
- Catalancompendi
- Englishcompendium
- Frenchcompendium
- GermanKompendium
- Italiancompendio
- Portuguesecompêndio
- Romaniancompendiu
- Spanishcompendio
- Asturiancompendiu
- Galiciancompendio