compasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• campos, mocaps, scampo

語源

Borrowed from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkumpas/, /kumˈpas/, /kumˈpaːs/

名詞

compas (plural compasses)

1. Guile, craft or an instance of it; the use of skill or sleight-of hand:
2. A scheme or plan, especially one formulated secretly or maliciously.
3. A boundary or edge; that which surrounds:
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 4:4, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ in þe cumpas of þe ſeete.· weren foure ⁊ twentı ſmale ſeetıs ⁊ abouen þe troones foure ⁊ twentı eldere men ſıttynge. hılıd aboute wıþ whıte cloþıs.· ⁊ in þe heedıs of hem golden coꝛouns

     And around the perimeter of the seat there were twenty-four small seats, and on those seats twenty-four elders sat, wearing white clothing and having golden crowns on their heads.

   1. A rounded shape (i.e. a circle, curve or sphere) or a region surrounded by one.
   2. An area or region; bounded space.
4. The size or extent of something.
5. A compass (circle-drawing tool)
6. (rare) Thedesign of a piece of craftsmanship.

関連する語

• compassen
• compassement
• compassynge
• encompassen

派生した語

• English: compass

参照

• “cǒmpā̆s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-22.

副詞

compas (rare)

1. Following or having a circular boundary.

派生した語

• English: compass (obsolete as an adverb)

参照

• “cǒmpā̆s, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-22.