noun · femininethird declension
compēs
compēs f (genitive compedis)
Meaning
- shackles (for the feet), fetters
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vincula pedumcompedēs -um (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 14
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Vincula · Catenæ · Compedes · Pedicæ · Manicæ
Vincula (ἀγκάλη, from nectere) are bands of any sort, as a generic term for catenæ, etc., like δεσμοί; catenæ are chains, whether for fettering or for other uses, like ἁλύσεις; compedes (from πέδη), for fettering in general, the hands or the feet; pedicæ, irons for fettering the feet; manicæ, irons for fettering the hands. Tac. Ann. vi. 14. Celsus in vinculis laxatam catenam, et circumdatam in diversum tendens suam ipse cervicem perfregit. (iv. 284.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | compēs | compedēs conpedēs |
| genitive | compedis conpedis | compedum conpedum |
| dative | compedī conpedī | compedibus conpedibus |
| accusative | compedem conpedem | compedēs conpedēs |
| ablative | compede conpede | compedibus conpedibus |
| vocative | compēs | compedēs conpedēs |
com-pēs (conp-), pĕdis, f. (m. acc. compedem meum, Vulg. Thren. 3, 7; plur. compedes parati, Lact. Mort. Persec. c. 21),
I. a (wooden) fetter or shackle, for the feet (usu. in plur.).
I. Prop., nom. and acc.:
jubete huic crassas conpedis inpingier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 76: ut istas conpedis Tibi adimam, id. ib. 5, 4, 30; id. Men. 1, 1, 4; id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 19; gen. conpedium, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15, abl.: conpedibus levior filius, id. Capt. 5, 4, 28; Cato ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 77; Juv. 10, 182.—In sing. gen. compedis, Claud. in Eutr. prol. 2, 3; acc. compedem, Vulg. Thren. 3, 7; abl.: durā compede, Tib. 1, 7, 42: validā, id. 2, 6, 25; Hor. Epod. 4, 4; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 5: magnā, Juv. 11, 80 (nom. and dat. of sing. apparently not in use).—Prov.: compedes, quas ipse fecit, ipsus ut gestet faber, Aus. Idyll. 7 fin.—II. Trop., fetlers, bonds, bands, chains:
corporis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: ipsum Philippum compedes eas (urbes) Graeciae appellare, Liv. 32, 37, 4: grata (of the chains of love), Hor. C. 1, 33, 14: gratā compede vinctum aliquem puella tenet, id. ib. 4, 11, 24: nivali compede vinctus Hebrus, id. Ep. 1, 3, 3: aërias corpori imponere, of adverse winds, Varr. ap. Non. p. 28, 13.—And of a hinderance in gen.: has compedes, fasces inquam hos laureatos, etc., Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5. —B. As a female ornament of silver, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 151.
compes, i. q. compos, acc, to Prisc. 1, p. 553.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(compēs or con-pēs, pedis) f
a fetter, shackle (for the feet; usu. plur.): habendae compedes, must be worn, T.: ille ex compedibus: compedibus vincire alqm, Iu. — Sing. (only abl.): durā, H.: magnā, Iu.—Fig., fetters, bonds, bands, chains: corporis, of the physical life: compedes eas (urbes) Graeciae appellare, L.: gratā, H.: nivali, H.