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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,
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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