Compsa

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Compsa, ae, f.,

I a town of the Hirpini in Samnium , now Conza , Liv. 23, 1, 1; Vell. 2, 63, 3.

II —Hence, Compsānus ( Cons- ), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Compsa : ager, Liv. 24, 44, 8: Trebius, id. 23, 1, 1; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 61, §§ 160 and 164.—In plur.: Compsāni ( Cons- ), ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Compsa , Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

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