compono

See also: compoño

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#COMPONOCategory:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tḱey-#COMPONO

From con- + pōnō (put)Category:Latin terms prefixed with con-#PONO.

Pronunciation

Verb

compōnō (present infinitive compōnere, perfect active composuī or composīvī, supine compositum or compostum)Category:Latin lemmas#COMPONOCategory:Latin verbs#COMPONOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#COMPONOCategory:Pages with entries#COMPONOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#COMPONO; third conjugation

  1. to arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order
    Synonyms: īnstruō, parō
  2. to construct, build
    Synonyms: aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, condō, struō, cōnstruō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
  3. to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile
    Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, mītigō, plācō, sōpiō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
    Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
  4. (Medieval LatinCategory:Medieval Latin#COMPONO) to pay amends
    Synonym: expleō

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Category:Latin third conjugation verbs#COMPONOCategory:Latin third conjugation verbs with irregular perfect#COMPONOCategory:Latin verbs with red links in their inflection tables#COMPONO

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • compono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to put on a stern air: vultum componere ad severitatem
    • to put an end to, settle a dispute: controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollere
    • to write poetry: poema condere, facere, componere
    • to arrange and divide the subject-matter: res componere ac digerere
    • to compose, compile a book: librum conficere, componere (De Sen. 1. 2)
    • to arrange a dispute (by arbitration): lites componere (Verg. Ecl. 3. 108)
    • to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.: bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)
    Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
  • compono in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “compono”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
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