Compago, compáginis: & compáges, compâgis, pen. prod. f. g. A ioyning togither: a ioynt: a knitting rogither. disparibus calamis compagine ceræ Inter se iunctis. Ouid.Ipsa in compage qua iungitur capiti ceruix.Liu.In the very ioynt.Dum sumus in his inclusi compagibus corpóris.Cic.Compages lapidum.Ouid.The couthing or ioyning of.Arctæ compages.Virg. Discussa compages. Lucan. Humana compages. Lucan. Dura compage teneri. Claud. Ferrea compages.Stat.A ioynt of yron.Fixa compages. Iuuenal. A strong ioynt.Fracta compages. Iuuenal. Broken out of ioynt.Laxæ compages.Virg.Ioyntes loosed.Aluus curua compagibus.Virg.Validis hærere compagibus. Lucret. Reuulsæ compages. Sen. The ioyntes pulled asunder.Compagibus ruptis. Seneca. Idem. Muri compagem soluere. Lucan. To breake downe a wall.Solida compages. Luc. A strong ioynt or knitting togither.Soluta compages. Claud. Loose.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
compāges, is (compāgo, ĭnis; nom., Stat. Th. 7, 43; acc. compaginem, Sen. Ep. 91, 12; abl. compagine, Ov. M. 1, 711; Cels. 4, 7; Manil. 1, 717; 1, 725; 1, 838), f. [root pag-; v. pango], a joining together, a connection, joint, structure (freq. and class.). I. Prop., Lucr. 6, 1070; Ov. M. 3, 30; Luc. 2, 487; 3, 491; Curt. 4, 3, 6; 4, 4, 12; Plin. 25, 3, 6, 20; Suet. Aug. 43 et saep.—Gen. plur. compagum, Plin. 2, 2, 2, 5 Sillig.— II.Trop.: in Veneris compagibus haerent, i. e.
in the embraces
, Lucr. 4, 1109; 4, 1201: dum sumus in his inclusi compagibus corporis, bodily structures, Cic. Sen. 21, 77; cf. Vell. 2, 127, 3; Luc. 5, 119.—So of the body of the state, Tac. H. 4, 74 fin.