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com-pŏs (conp- ), pŏtis, adj. potis,
I.having the mastery, control, or power over a thing, master of, partaking of, possessing, participating or sharing in, guilty of, etc. (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with gen., more rarely with abl., or absol.
(α). With gen.: animi, of a sane mind, * Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12: “mentis,” Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; id. Pis. 20, 48; Ov. M. 8, 35; Quint. 11, 3, 77; Tac. A. 15, 70; Suet. Vesp. 5: “territum et vix mentis suae compotem opprimere,” Curt. 6, 3, 16: “nec satis compotem mentis... deferunt,” id. 3, 5, 4: “sui,” Liv. 8, 18, 12; Cels. 5, 26, 13; Curt. 4, 12, 17: “rationis et consilii,” Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 36; cf. id. de Or. 1, 48, 210: “libertatis,” Plaut. Capt. prol. 41: “patriae,” id. ib. 3, 4, 89; Liv. 1, 32, 7: “ejus doni,” id. 1, 10, 7: “hujus urbis,” Cic. Sest. 69, 146: “bellicae laudis,” Liv. 30, 1, 5: “spei,” id. 29, 22, 5; Suet. Tib. 5: voti, having obtained or gratified one's wish, Hor. A. P. 76; Ov. A. A. 1, 486; Liv. 7, 40, 6; Suet. Aug. 28; id. Calig. 13; Sen. Hippol. 710; Curt. 9, 9 fin.; cf. “votorum,” Suet. Aug. 58.—
(β). With abl.: “qui essent animo et scientiā compotes,” Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 210: “corpore atque animo,” Liv. 4, 40, 3: “mente,” Verg. Cul. 189: “praedā ingenti,” Liv. 3, 70, 13.—
(γ). Absol.: “vix compos (sc. mentis) Imilce,” Sil. 4, 808.—
B. Referring to misfortune or guilt, sharing in, participating in, confederate in, etc. (anteclass. and post-Aug.).
(α). With gen.: “miseriarum,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 32: probri, Naev. ap. Non. p. 456, 25 (Trag. Rel. v. 6 Rib.): “culpae,” Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61: “sceleris,” Quint. 12, 1, 7.—
(β). With abl.: magnis et multis malis, Att. ap. Non. p. 521, 27 (Trag. Rel. v. 36 Rib.).—
II. Transf., of the thing: “compote voto,” Sen. Agam. 364.
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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