compĭtum (compĕtum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.), i, n. (mostly in plur.; in sing., Cato R. R. 5, 4; Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll., and in Non. p. 94, 27; Liv. 27, 4, 12; Fest. p. 174, 7 Müll.; Dig. 8, 10, 12, § 3; Tert. Test. Anim. 1 fin.—Access. form compĭtus, i, m., Varr. and Caecil. ap. Non. p. 196, 9 sq.) [competo],
I a place where several ways meet , a cross - way , cross - road , Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7; Liv. 34, 2, 12; Verg. G. 2, 382; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 23; 4 (5), 3, 57; Ov. F. 1, 142; 2, 615; 5, 140; Hor. S. 2, 3, 26; 2, 6, 50; id. Ep. 1, 1, 49: compita Larum (Romae) CCLXV., Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66.—
B Trop. (with allusion to the fable of the Choice of Hercules), Pers. 5, 35. —
II Meton.: stomachi, Tert. Res Carn. 60.—Of an altar raised at cross-roads , Grat. Cyn. 483; Inscr. Grut. 107, 1 al.