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com-pĕto (conp- ), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (first common since the Aug. per.; very rare before that time; not found in Cic., and perh. not in the poets).
I. Act., to strive after something in company or together (post-class. and very rare): “unum locum,Just. 13, 2, 1: “unam speciosam (puellam),Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59: bona, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 27, § 6.—
II. Neutr., to meet or come together.
B. Trop.
2. Of other things, to agree or coincide with something, to answer to it: “tanto Othonis animo nequaquam corpus aut habitus competiit,Suet. Oth. 12.—Hence, absol., to be qualified, competent, appropriate, fit, suitable, to correspond: “neque animo neque auribus aut linguā conpetere,Sall. H. 1, 88 Dietsch; Tac. A. 3, 46: “dux velut captus animi non linguā, non auribus competere,id. H. 3, 73: “aut assumere in causam naturas, quā competent, aut mitigare, quā repugnabunt,Quint. 4, 1, 17: “ut vix ad arma capienda aptandaque pugnae competeret animus,Liv. 22, 5, 3: “ei loci situs ita competit,Col. 8, 17, 3; cf. id. 9, 1, 1; 9, 5, 1: “si cujusquam neptium suarum competeret aetas,Suet. Aug. 31; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. id. 2, 8, 4; 2, 18, 2; 2, 20, 4; 4, 29 fin.
3. To belong, be due to: “actionem competere in equitem Romanum,Quint. 3, 6, 11: “mihi adversus te actio competit,Dig. 19, 1, 25: “poena competit in aliquem,App. M. 10, p. 243, 40: “hereditas competit, alicui,Eum. Pan. Const. 4: “libertas servo competere potest,Just. Inst. 1, 5, 1.—Hence,
1. com-pĕtens , entis, P. a.
a. Corresponding to: “personae rebus,App. Flor. 16: “ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,Gell. 19, 13, 3.—Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.—
b. Competent, legal: “judex,Dig. 2, 1, 19: “tribunal,ib. 3, 3, 35, § 2.—
2. compĕten-ter , adv., suitably, properly, becomingly (post-class.): “consulere alicui,Dig. 24, 3, 22: “punire,ib. 22, 5, 16.—* Comp.: disserere, Hier. adv. Helv. 2.—* Sup.: “uti Platone,App. Mag. p. 316, 22.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 31
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 40
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.46
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.50
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.73
    • Suetonius, Otho, 12
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.80
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 6.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.17
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 19.13.3
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 75.6
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.6.23
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.18.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.20.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.2.9
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.8.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.17.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.17.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.1.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.5.1
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