2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to crossroads. ¹
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Definition of Compital
1. pertaining to crosswords [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compital
Literary usage of Compital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historia filicum: An Exposition of the Nature, Number and Organography of by John Smith (1875)
"Receptacles compital, solitary on each lobule, forming- a row of punctiform sori
... Receptacles punctiform, compital. Sori transverse, 1 or 3 to 5 serial. ..."
2. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"The first and unique inscription mentioning the Oppian, its compital shrines,
and its organization as a ward of the city in Republican times, was discovered ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Pertaining to a crossroads where three ways meet: compital;—both rare. 2.
insignificant, unimportant, trifling, light, little, petty, small, slight, slim, ..."
4. Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1891)
"These groups of rustic dwellings were laid out in the town fashion, with the
shrines of the compital or domestic gods at the street corners, and with local ..."
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