Compsa

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkomp.sa/, [ˈkɔmps̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkomp.sa/, [ˈkɔmpsä]

Proper noun

Compsa f sg (genitive Compsae); first declension

1. an inland city in Hirpinia, situated near the sources of the river Aufidus, now the town of Conza

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Compsa
Genitive	Compsae
Dative	Compsae
Accusative	Compsam
Ablative	Compsā
Vocative	Compsa
Locative	Compsae

Related terms

• Compsānī, Conpsānī
• Compsānus, Conpsānus

References

• “Compsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Compsa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Compsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.