Latin

Alternative forms

• conpōnō

Verb

compōnō ‎(present infinitive compōnere, perfect active composuī, supine compositum); third conjugation

1. I arrange, compile, compose, make up.
2. I construct, build.
3. I organize, order.
4. I settle.

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “compono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)