compendo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti

Proto-Italic *pendō

Latin pendō

Latin compendō

From con- + pendō (“weigh”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɛn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈpɛn.do]

Verb

compendō (present infinitive compendere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (transitive) to weigh, balance together

Conjugation

   Conjugation of compendō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compendō		compendis		compendit		compendimus		compenditis		compendunt
	imperfect	compendēbam		compendēbās		compendēbat		compendēbāmus		compendēbātis		compendēbant
	future	compendam		compendēs		compendet		compendēmus		compendētis		compendent
passive	present	compendor		compenderis, compendere		compenditur		compendimur		compendiminī		compenduntur
	imperfect	compendēbar		compendēbāris, compendēbāre		compendēbātur		compendēbāmur		compendēbāminī		compendēbantur
	future	compendar		compendēris, compendēre		compendētur		compendēmur		compendēminī		compendentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compendam		compendās		compendat		compendāmus		compendātis		compendant
	imperfect	compenderem		compenderēs		compenderet		compenderēmus		compenderētis		compenderent
passive	present	compendar		compendāris, compendāre		compendātur		compendāmur		compendāminī		compendantur
	imperfect	compenderer		compenderēris, compenderēre		compenderētur		compenderēmur		compenderēminī		compenderentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		compende		—		—		compendite		—
	future	—		compenditō		compenditō		—		compenditōte		compenduntō
passive	present	—		compendere		—		—		compendiminī		—
	future	—		compenditor		compenditor		—		—		compenduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		compendere			compendī			compendēns			—
future		—			—			—			compendendus, compendundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		compendendī		compendendō		compendendum		compendendō		—		—

Related terms

• compendium
• pendō
• perpendō

References

• “compendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.