LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

compos

compos (genitive compotis)
Classical[ˈkɔm.pɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔm.pos]

Meaning

  1. one terminationhaving mastery, control, or power over something (coupled with genitive)
    compos (or potens) suimaster of himself, self-controlled
    non compos mentisnot mentally competent
  2. one terminationsharing (especially in the guilt of something)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecompos
conpos		compos
conpos		compos
conpos
genitivecompotis
conpotis		compotis
conpotis		compotis
conpotis
dativecompotī
conpotī		compotī
conpotī		compotī
conpotī
accusativecompotem
conpotem		compotem
conpotem		compos
conpos
ablativecompote
conpote		compote
conpote		compote
conpote
vocativecompos
conpos		compos
conpos		compos
conpos
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecompotēs
conpotēs		compotēs
conpotēs		compotia
genitivecompotum
compotium, conpotum		compotum
compotium, conpotum		compotum
compotium, conpotum
dativecompotibus
conpotibus		compotibus
conpotibus		compotibus
conpotibus
accusativecompotēs
conpotēs, conpotīs		compotēs
conpotēs, conpotīs		compotia
ablativecompotibus
conpotibus		compotibus
conpotibus		compotibus
conpotibus
vocativecompotēs
conpotēs		compotēs
conpotēs		compotia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

mentis compotem esse
to be of sane mind.
voti damnari, compotem fieri
to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish.
sui (mentis) compotem non esse
to lose one's head, be beside oneself.

com-pŏs (conp-), pŏtis, adj. potis,
I. having the mastery, control, or power over a thing, master of, partaking of, possessing, participating or sharing in, guilty of, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with gen., more rarely with abl., or absol.
(a). With gen.: animi, of a sane mind, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12: mentis, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; id. Pis. 20, 48; Ov. M. 8, 35; Quint. 11, 3, 77; Tac. A. 15, 70; Suet. Vesp. 5: territum et vix mentis suae compotem opprimere, Curt. 6, 3, 16: nec satis compotem mentis... deferunt, id. 3, 5, 4: sui, Liv. 8, 18, 12; Cels. 5, 26, 13; Curt. 4, 12, 17: rationis et consilii, Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 36; cf. id. de Or. 1, 48, 210: libertatis, Plaut. Capt. prol. 41: patriae, id. ib. 3, 4, 89; Liv. 1, 32, 7: ejus doni, id. 1, 10, 7: hujus urbis, Cic. Sest. 69, 146: bellicae laudis, Liv. 30, 1, 5: spei, id. 29, 22, 5; Suet. Tib. 5: voti, having obtained or gratified one's wish, Hor. A. P. 76; Ov. A. A. 1, 486; Liv. 7, 40, 6; Suet. Aug. 28; id. Calig. 13; Sen. Hippol. 710; Curt. 9, 9 fin.; cf. votorum, Suet. Aug. 58.—
(b). With abl.: qui essent animo et scientiā compotes, Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: corpore atque animo, Liv. 4, 40, 3: mente, Verg. Cul. 189: praedā ingenti, Liv. 3, 70, 13.—
(g). Absol.: vix compos (sc. mentis) Imilce, Sil. 4, 808.—
B. Referring to misfortune or guilt, sharing in, participating in, confederate in, etc. (anteclass. and post-Aug.).
(a). With gen.: miseriarum, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 32: probri, Naev. ap. Non. p. 456, 25 (Trag. Rel. v. 6 Rib.): culpae, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61: sceleris, Quint. 12, 1, 7.—
(b). With abl.: magnis et multis malis, Att. ap. Non. p. 521, 27 (Trag. Rel. v. 36 Rib.).—
II. Transf., of the thing: compote voto, Sen. Agam. 364.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincompos

Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Latin potis Latin compos From con- + potis.

Quick answers

What does compos mean in Latin?
compos, a adjective, means “having mastery, control, or power over something (coupled with genitive); sharing (especially in the guilt of something)”.
How do you pronounce compos?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔm.pɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔm.pos].
Where does compos come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin compos.