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com-pēs (conp- ), pĕdis, f. (m. acc. compedem meum, Vulg. Thren. 3, 7; plur. compedes parati, Lact. Mort. Persec. c. 21),
I.a (wooden) fetter or shackle, for the feet (usu. in plur.).
I. Prop., nom. and acc.: “jubete huic crassas conpedis inpingier,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 76: “ut istas conpedis Tibi adimam,id. ib. 5, 4, 30; id. Men. 1, 1, 4; id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 19; gen. conpedium, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15, abl.: “conpedibus levior filius,id. Capt. 5, 4, 28; Cato ap. Gell. 11, 18, 18; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 77; Juv. 10, 182.—In sing. gen. compedis, Claud. in Eutr. prol. 2, 3; acc. compedem, Vulg. Thren. 3, 7; abl.: “durā compede,Tib. 1, 7, 42: “validā,id. 2, 6, 25; Hor. Epod. 4, 4; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 5: “magnā,Juv. 11, 80 (nom. and dat. of sing. apparently not in use).—Prov.: “compedes, quas ipse fecit, ipsus ut gestet faber,Aus. Idyll. 7 fin.
II. Trop., fetlers, bonds, bands, chains: “corporis,Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: “ipsum Philippum compedes eas (urbes) Graeciae appellare,Liv. 32, 37, 4: “grata (of the chains of love),Hor. C. 1, 33, 14: “gratā compede vinctum aliquem puella tenet,id. ib. 4, 11, 24: “nivali compede vinctus Hebrus,id. Ep. 1, 3, 3: aërias corpori imponere, of adverse winds, Varr. ap. Non. p. 28, 13.—And of a hinderance in gen.: “has compedes, fasces inquam hos laureatos, etc.,Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5. —
B. As a female ornament of silver, Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 151.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.3.5
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.5
    • Plautus, Persa, 2.3
    • Plautus, Persa, 3.3
    • Plautus, Captivi, 5.4
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 1.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 37.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 11.18.18
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.1
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