(v. a.P. a.) : cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo.
* To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian): dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.: nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,id. 3, 259: quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,id. 4, 27.
* To care for, take care of.
* Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.: amica dum comit dumque se exornat,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19: capillos,Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832: nitidum caput,Tib. 1, 8, 16: caput in gradus atque anulos,Quint. 12, 10, 47: comas acu,id. 2, 5, 12: comas hasta recurva,Ov. F. 2, 560: capillos dente secto,Mart. 12, 83.—Transf. to the person: sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,wreathed,Verg. A. 7, 751: Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,id. Cul. 218: pueri praecincti et compti,Hor. S. 2, 8, 70: longas compta puella comas,Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.
* Trop., to deck, adorn: Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament: non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.: linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus (-mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked: juvenes ut femina compti,Ov. H. 4, 75: anima mundissima atque comptissima,Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant: compta et mitis oratio,Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita): comptior sermo,Tac. H. 1, 19: (Vinicius) comptae facundiae,id. A. 6, 15.—Transf. to the person: Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,Quint. 10, 1, 79. —Adv.: comptē (comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.: compte disserere,Sen. Ep. 75, 6: agere rem,Gell. 7, 3, 52.—* Comp.: comptius dicere,Gell. 7, 3, 53.—Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).
* Transf. of things: vittā comptos praetendere ramos,Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.

(v. n.P. a.P. a.) : cŏmo, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].
* Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.
* Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): colla equorum,Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.: equus florā et comante jubā,Gell. 3, 9, 3: equae,Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180: tori,Verg. A. 12, 6: crines,Sil. 16, 59: saetae hircorum,Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.: pellis comata villis,Val. Fl. 8, 122: galea = cristata,crested, plumed,Verg. A. 2, 391; cf. cristae,id. ib. 3, 468.
* Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair: tempora,Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.—Transf.: silva,leafy,Cat. 4, 11.

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