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Latin
Etymology
From con- + pōnō (“put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
compōnō (present infinitive compōnere, perfect active composuī, supine compositum); third conjugation
- to arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order
- Synonyms: īnstruō, parō
- to construct, build
- Synonyms: aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, condō, struō, cōnstruō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
- to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile
- Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mītigō, plācō, sōpiō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
- Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
- (Medieval Latin) to pay amends
- Synonym: expleō
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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)
- 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