Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 379.compōnō on page 379
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compōnere to put together
compōnere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to put together.
Definitions for compōnere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
put together, compose
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To place (one thing beside or against another); to place (things together), collocate. (b) to add together.
- 2
To pack up, store up, hoard; to collect together. (b) to lay aside, put or stow away.
- 3
To match or set (one person or thing against another, against circumstances, etc.; against each other). (b) to match up (pairs). (c) to confront (with). (d) to put together for comparison, compare; to treat as comparable. (e) to balance (with), equate by balancing.
- 4
To settle in a place or position. (b) to settle in a position of rest. (c) to lay out for burial, place in an urn, bury.
- 5
To arrange in order, lay out, dispose; to arrange in order of merit. (b) to arrange systematically. (c) to arrange properly, adjust. (d) to arrange, dispose (material for a speech, etc.). (e) to make up (accounts).
Sentences with compōnere
Latin to English
Si parva licet componere magnis.Compare If we may compare small things with great.
Sed peccassee iuvat, vultus componere famae.Compare Yes, I glory in my fault, I won't put on a face of the sake of reputation.
Sed vobis facile est verba et componere fraudes: hoc unum didicit femina semper opus.Compare But it is easy for you to contrive lies and wiles: this art every woman has learned well.
Conjugation table for compōnere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| compōnō compōnis compōnit compōnimus compōnitis compōnunt | compōnēbam compōnēbās compōnēbat compōnēbāmus compōnēbātis compōnēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| composuī composuistī composuit composuimus composuistis composuērunt / composuēre | composueram composuerās composuerat composuerāmus composuerātis composuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| compōnam compōnēs compōnet compōnēmus compōnētis compōnent | composuerō composueris composuerit composuerimus composueritis composuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| compōnam compōnās compōnat compōnāmus compōnātis compōnant | compōnerem compōnerēs compōneret compōnerēmus compōnerētis compōnerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| composuerim composueris composuerit composuerimus composueritis composuerint | composuissem composuissēs composuisset composuissēmus composuissētis composuissent |
Infinitive present compōnere Infinitive perfect composuisse Infinitive future compositūrum esse | Imperative present compōne compōnite Imperative future compōnitō compōnitō compōnitōte compōnuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| compōnor compōneris compōnitur compōnimur compōniminī compōnuntur | compōnēbar compōnēbāris / compōnēbāre compōnēbātur compōnēbāmur compōnēbāminī compōnēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| compositus sum compositus es compositus est compositī sumus compositī estis compositī sunt | compositus eram compositus erās compositus erat compositī erāmus compositī erātis compositī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| compōnar compōnēris / compōnēre compōnētur compōnēmur compōnēminī compōnentur | compositus erō compositus eris compositus erit compositī erimus compositī eritis compositī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| compōnar compōnāris / compōnāre compōnātur compōnāmur compōnāminī compōnantur | compōnerer compōnerēris / compōnerēre compōnerētur compōnerēmur compōnerēminī compōnerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| compositus sim compositus sīs compositus sit compositī sīmus compositī sītis compositī sint | compositus essem compositus essēs compositus esset compositī essēmus compositī essētis compositī essent |
Infinitive present compōnī Infinitive perfect compositum esse Infinitive future compositum īrī | Imperative present compōnere compōniminī Imperative future compōnitor compōnitor - compōnuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | compōnēns | compōnentēs |
| Gen. | compōnentis | compōnentium |
| Dat. | compōnentī | compōnentibus |
| Acc. | compōnentem | compōnentēs |
| Abl. | compōnente | compōnentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | compositūrus | compositūrī |
| Gen. | compositūrī | compositūrōrum |
| Dat. | compositūrō | compositūrīs |
| Acc. | compositūrum | compositūrōs |
| Abl. | compositūrō | compositūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | compositus | compositī |
| Gen. | compositī | compositōrum |
| Dat. | compositō | compositīs |
| Acc. | compositum | compositōs |
| Abl. | compositō | compositīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | compōnendus | compōnendī |
| Gen. | compōnendī | compōnendōrum |
| Dat. | compōnendō | compōnendīs |
| Acc. | compōnendum | compōnendōs |
| Abl. | compōnendō | compōnendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | compōnere | compositum |
| Gen. | compōnendī | compositū |
| Dat. | compōnendō | |
| Acc. | compōnendum | |
| Abl. | compōnendō | |
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): 379.
- 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).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "compōnō, compōnere, composuī, compositum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/compono-componere-composui-compositum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 473.on page 473
