/keuhm pen"dee euhm/ , n. , pl. compendiums, compendia /-dee euh/ .
1. a brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
2. a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
3. a full list or inventory: a compendium of their complaints.
Also, compend /kom"pend/ .
[ 1575-85; com- COM- + pend- (s. of pendere to cause to hang down, weigh) + -ium -IUM ]
Syn. 1. survey, digest, conspectus.