Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 372.comparō on page 372
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comparāre to compare
comparāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to compare.
Definitions for comparāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
compare
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To place together or in a corresponding position, align. (b) to match, couple, unite, pair (with).
- 2
To match, pit, or set (against). (b) (in single combat); (also, w. contest as obj.).
- 3
To treat (one person or thing) as equal to another, put in the same class with, regard as comparable. (b) (compendiary comparison).
- 4
To estimate or evaluate in relation (to each other or another person or thing), compare (with or to). (b) (compendiary comparison).
- 5
(w. indir. qu.) To point out by way of, or by means of, comparison.
Sentences with comparāre
Latin to English
Ita cuique comparatum est in aetate hominum; ita divis est placitum, voluptatem ut maeror comes consequatur. (Amphitruo, 634)Compare It is our human lot, it is heaven's will, for sorrow to come after joy. (Tr. Paul Nixon)
Nihil comparo singuli necesse sum.Compare It is not at all necessary to compare things one by one.
Paullatim assuefactus supero, ne sui quidem ipse cum Germani virtus comparo.Compare Having little by litle grown accustomed to be conquered, they do not even compare themselves with the Germans in valour.
Conjugation table for comparāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| comparō comparās comparat comparāmus comparātis comparant | comparābam comparābās comparābat comparābāmus comparābātis comparābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| comparāvī comparāvistī comparāvit comparāvimus comparāvistis comparāvērunt / comparāvēre | comparāveram comparāverās comparāverat comparāverāmus comparāverātis comparāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| comparābō comparābis comparābit comparābimus comparābitis comparābunt | comparāverō comparāveris comparāverit comparāverimus comparāveritis comparāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| comparem comparēs comparet comparēmus comparētis comparent | comparārem comparārēs comparāret comparārēmus comparārētis comparārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| comparāverim comparāveris comparāverit comparāverimus comparāveritis comparāverint | comparāvissem comparāvissēs comparāvisset comparāvissēmus comparāvissētis comparāvissent |
Infinitive present comparāre Infinitive perfect comparāvisse Infinitive future comparātūrum esse | Imperative present comparā comparāte Imperative future comparātō comparātō comparātōte comparantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| comparor comparāris comparātur comparāmur comparāminī comparantur | comparābar comparābāris / comparābāre comparābātur comparābāmur comparābāminī comparābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| comparātus sum comparātus es comparātus est comparātī sumus comparātī estis comparātī sunt | comparātus eram comparātus erās comparātus erat comparātī erāmus comparātī erātis comparātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| comparābor comparāberis / comparābere comparābitur comparābimur comparābiminī comparābuntur | comparātus erō comparātus eris comparātus erit comparātī erimus comparātī eritis comparātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| comparer comparēris / comparēre comparētur comparēmur comparēminī comparentur | comparārer comparārēris / comparārēre comparārētur comparārēmur comparārēminī comparārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| comparātus sim comparātus sīs comparātus sit comparātī sīmus comparātī sītis comparātī sint | comparātus essem comparātus essēs comparātus esset comparātī essēmus comparātī essētis comparātī essent |
Infinitive present comparārī Infinitive perfect comparātum esse Infinitive future comparātum īrī | Imperative present comparāre comparāminī Imperative future comparātor comparātor - comparāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | comparāns | comparantēs |
| Gen. | comparantis | comparantium |
| Dat. | comparantī | comparantibus |
| Acc. | comparantem | comparantēs |
| Abl. | comparante | comparantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | comparātūrus | comparātūrī |
| Gen. | comparātūrī | comparātūrōrum |
| Dat. | comparātūrō | comparātūrīs |
| Acc. | comparātūrum | comparātūrōs |
| Abl. | comparātūrō | comparātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | comparātus | comparātī |
| Gen. | comparātī | comparātōrum |
| Dat. | comparātō | comparātīs |
| Acc. | comparātum | comparātōs |
| Abl. | comparātō | comparātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | comparandus | comparandī |
| Gen. | comparandī | comparandōrum |
| Dat. | comparandō | comparandīs |
| Acc. | comparandum | comparandōs |
| Abl. | comparandō | comparandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | comparāre | comparātum |
| Gen. | comparandī | comparātū |
| Dat. | comparandō | |
| Acc. | comparandum | |
| Abl. | comparandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 473.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 372.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "comparō, comparāre, comparāvī, comparātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed April 28, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/comparo-comparare-comparavi-comparatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 473.on page 473
