com|pi|tal

com|pi|tal
com|pi|tal «KOM puh tuhl», adjective.
1. Botany. a) (of veins of leaves) intersecting at various angles. b) (of the sori of ferns) situated at the point of junction of two veins.
2. of or having to do with the crossroads in ancient Rome, where shrines of the domestic gods were placed: »

a compital shrine of the time of Caesar.

[< Latin compitālis of the crossroads < compitum a crossroads < competere to coincide; see etym. under compete (Cf.compete)]

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