adjective

compendĭārĭus

fem. compendĭāria · neut. compendĭārium

compendium

short

short, compendious, only a few times of ways or roads: via ad gloriam proxima et quasi compendiaria, * Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1.—

as a noun

a short way; method; •

compendĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. via), a short way or method; fig., Varr. ap. Non. p. 202, 5; Petr. 2, 9; Sen. Ep. 119, 1; cf. id. ib. 27, 5: breviores etiamnum quaedam picturae compendiariae, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110.—

compendĭārĭum, ii, n. (sc. iter), the same, Sen. Ep. 73, 11.

Perseus ID: n9559 Key: compendiarius