compāges, is (compāgo, ĭnis; nom., Stat. Th. 7, 43; acc. compaginem, Sen. Ep. 91, 12; abl. compagine, Ov. M. 1, 711; Cels. 4, 7; Manil. 1, 717; 1, 725; 1, 838), f. [root pag-; v. pango], a joining together, a connection, joint, structure (freq. and class.).
I Prop., Lucr. 6, 1070; Ov. M. 3, 30; Luc. 2, 487; 3, 491; Curt. 4, 3, 6; 4, 4, 12; Plin. 25, 3, 6, § 20; Suet. Aug. 43 et saep.— Gen. plur. compagum, Plin. 2, 2, 2, § 5 Sillig.—
II Trop.: in Veneris compagibus haerent, i. e. in the embraces , Lucr. 4, 1109; 4, 1201: dum sumus in his inclusi compagibus corporis, bodily structures , * Cic. Sen. 21, 77; cf. Vell. 2, 127, 3; Luc. 5, 119.—So of the body of the state, Tac. H. 4, 74 fin.