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|lshtext=<b>compendĭum</b>: ii, n. [[compendo]], orig. belonging to the lang. of econ.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[which]] is weighed [[together]], kept [[together]], saved (cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 10 Müll.); a [[saving]] or [[gain]], [[profit]] [[acquired]] by [[saving]] (opp. [[dispendium]]; [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: ego [[hodie]] compendi feci binos panes in [[dies]], [[have]] saved [[two]] loaves, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 2; cf. id. Truc. 2, 4, 26: aliquem mercibus suppeditandis cum quaestu compendioque dimittere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 46, § 109: turpe [[compendium]] effugere, id. Fl. 3, 7: se negat facturum compendii sui causā [[quod]] non liceat, id. Off. 3, 15, 63: homines ad turpe [[compendium]] commovere, Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52: servire [[privato]] [[compendio]] suo, Caes. B. C. 3, 32; id. B. G. 7, 43; Liv. 8, 36, 10; Plin. 21, 12, 41, § 70; Suet. Tib. 48: compendia repetere ignotis terris, Tib. 1, 3, 39 al.: ligni, Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 127; cf. operae, id. 17, 23, 35, § 214; 18, 20, 49, § 181: viae, id. 5, 5, 5, § 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shortness of [[way]], a [[short]] [[way]] ( = compendiaria), Quint. 4, 2, 46; Tac. A. 12, 28; Flor. 3, 3, 7; Just. 2, 10 fin.; cf. montis, a [[short]] [[cut]] [[across]] the [[mountain]], Ov. M. 3, 234: maris, Tac. A. 2, 55: fugae, Sil. 12, 533; cf. Plin. [[Pan]]. 95, 5; Gell. praef. § 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the phrases,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Facere [[compendium]], to [[make]] a [[profit]], [[gain]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: [[compendium]] [[edepol]] [[haud]] aetati optabile Fecisti, [[quom]] istanc nactu's impudentiam, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More freq. to [[make]] a [[saving]], i. e. be [[sparing]] of a [[thing]]: [[compendium]] ego te facere pultandi [[volo]], to [[save]] [[your]] knocking, i. e. to [[cease]] [[therefrom]], id. Ps. 2, 2, 11: errationis, id. Rud. 1, 2, 90: praeconis, id. Stich. 1, 3, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Aliquid ponere ad [[compendium]]. to [[save]], [[spare]] [[something]], i. e. not to [[say]] it, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 3; 3, 1, 5; cf.: coaddito ad [[compendium]], id. ib. v. 4.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[sparing]], [[saving]] in [[any]] [[thing]] done, i. e. a shortening, abbreviating: [[quam]] potes, tam verba [[confer]] maxume ad [[compendium]], i. e. be [[concise]], [[brief]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 184.—So of [[discourse]], etc. ([[ante]]-[[class]].): facere or fieri compendi, to [[shorten]], [[abridge]] (the [[discourse]]), or to be shortened, [[abridged]]: lamentas [[fletus]] facere conpendi [[licet]], Pac. ap. Non. p. 132, 29 (Trag. Rel. v. 175 Rib.): compendi verba [[multa]] jam faciam [[tibi]], [[will]] be [[very]] [[brief]] [[with]] [[you]], Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 7; id. Most. 1, 1, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 42: verbis velitationem fieri compendi [[volo]], in [[few]] words, [[briefly]], id. As. 2, 2, 41; cf.: sed jam fieri dictis [[compendium]] [[volo]], id. Capt. 5, 2, 12: in ipsis [[statim]] elementis [[etiam]] brevia docendi monstrare compendia, Quint. 1, 1, 24; cf. id. 1, 1, 30; and: [[compendio]] morari, i. e. [[only]] a [[short]] [[time]], id. 1, 4, 22.