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.