| 单词 |
compital |
| 释义 |
compital, a. Rom. Antiq.|ˈkɒmpɪtəl| [ad. L. compitāl-is pertaining to cross-ways, f. compitum place where roads cross.] 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.
1656Blount Glossogr., Compital, belonging to cross streets, or places where many waies meet. 1678Phillips, Compital (Lat.), belonging to the Compita, or Cross-ways. Compitals, certain Feasts solemnized in those Cross-ways. 1882R. Lanciani in Athenæum 10 June 740 A compital shrine of the time of Augustus. |

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容:
相关热词搜索:compital英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语