compositio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ positiō. In at least some senses, a calque of Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis).

Pronunciation

Noun

compositiō f (genitive compositiōnis); third declension

  1. arrangement, combination
  2. union
  3. agreement, pact
  4. mixture (medicine)
  5. composition (music, prose)
  6. (Medieval Latin) composure (temperament)
  7. (Medieval Latin) money paid as amends or to reach a settlement

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative compositiō compositiōnēs
Genitive compositiōnis compositiōnum
Dative compositiōnī compositiōnibus
Accusative compositiōnem compositiōnēs
Ablative compositiōne compositiōnibus
Vocative compositiō compositiōnēs

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • compositio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compositio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compositio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • compositio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the structure of the sentence: compositio, structura verborum
  • compositio in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “compositio”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
  • compositio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016