LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

cōmptus

cōmptus m (genitive cōmptūs)

Meaning

  1. band, tie, headdress

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōmptuscōmptūs
genitivecōmptūscōmptuum
dativecōmptuīcōmptibus
accusativecōmptumcōmptūs
ablativecōmptūcōmptibus
vocativecōmptuscōmptūs

comptus, a, um, v. 1. como, P. a.
comptus, ūs, m. coëmo = conjungo; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Munro ad Lucr. 1, 950,
I. a band, tie ( = coëmptio): qui comptu conjugioque Corporis atque animae consistimus pariter apti, Lucr. 3, 845.
comptus, ūs, m. 1. como,
I. an ornament for the hair or head, a head-dress, Lucr. 1, 88; Afran. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 40, 9 Müll.; cf. ib. p. 63, 13.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin cōmō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin cōmptus From cōmō (“to arrange, adorn, dress”) + -tus (forms action nouns).

Quick answers

What does cōmptus mean in Latin?
cōmptus, a noun, means “band, tie, headdress”.
What is the genitive of cōmptus?
The genitive singular is cōmptūs. cōmptus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does cōmptus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōmptus.