compitaladj.
/ˈkɒmpɪtəl/ Roman History.
Of or pertaining to the cross-ways: applied to the shrines of the domestic gods placed at the corners of the streets in ancient Rome; also to the compitalia, an annual festival in honour of the Lares. Also as n.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Compital, belonging to cross streets, or places where many waies meet.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Compital (Lat.), belonging to the Compita, or Cross-ways. Compitals, certain Feasts solemnized in those Cross-ways.
1882 R. Lanciani in Athenæum 10 June 740 A compital shrine of the time of Augustus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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