Compendium

Compendium

Latin

Etymology

According to Dauzat and Rostaing, from Latin compendium (shortcut).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Compendium n (genitive Compendiī) (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

  1. Compiègne, a town in Northern France

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Compendium
genitive Compendiī
Compendī1
dative Compendiō
accusative Compendium
ablative Compendiō
vocative Compendium
locative Compendiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • French: Compiègne