(v. a.P. a.adv.) : 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).
* 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.
* Neutr., to meet or come together.
* Lit. (very rare): ubi viae competunt, tum in compitis sacrificatur,Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.: ubi recti angulorum conpetant ictuus,Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80: si cacumina harundinum in unum competunt,Col. 4, 17, 1; cf. id. 2, 2, 9.
* Trop.
* Of time, to coincide, agree, meet, to happen, etc.; constr. with cum, the dat., in, or absol.: tempora reputantibus initium finemque miraculi cum Othonis exitu competisse,Tac. H. 2, 50 fin.: fasti adeo turbati, ut neque messium feriae aestati, neque vindemiarum auctumno competerent,Suet. Caes. 40: si competant coitus lunae in novissimum diem brumae,Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 191; 18, 26, 63, § 232; cf. impers.: si ita competit, ut idem ille, qui sanare potest, disserat,Sen. Ep. 75, 6.
* 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.
* 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
* Com-pĕtens, entis, P. a.
* Corresponding to: personae rebus,App. Flor. 16: ratio etymologiae cum sententiā vocabuli,Gell. 19, 13, 3.—Comp., Auct. Pan. Maxim. et Const. 7.
* 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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