compedio

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

compĕdĭo (conp-), no perf., ĭtum, 4, v. a. [compes], to fetter, shackle (mostly anteand post-class.).

I Prop.: pedes corrigiis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 28, 9: servi conpediti, Cato R. R. 56; Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 24; Sen. Tranq. 10, 1; Dig. 4, 3, 7, § 7 al.—*

II Trop.: rebus immortalibus perniciosissime compediri, Aug. Ep. 39.