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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Compsa f sg (genitive Compsae); first declension
- 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.
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.