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comparo
comparo
Latin
Etymology 1
From compar (“like or equal to another”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pa.roː/, [ˈkɔm.pa.roː]
Verb
comparō (present infinitive comparāre, perfect active comparāvī, supine comparātum); first conjugation
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pa.roː/, [ˈkɔm.pa.roː]
Verb
comparō (present infinitive comparāre, perfect active comparāvī, supine comparātum); first conjugation
- I prepare something with zeal, care, make ready, set in order, furnish, provide
- I arrange, appoint, ordain, establish
- I procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect
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References
- comparo1 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comparo2 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comparo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comparo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be prepared for all that may come: ad omnes casus subsidia comparare
- to gain distinction: gloriam, famam sibi comparare
- to prepare oneself for all contingencies: ad omnes casus se comparare
- (the magistrates) arrange among themselves the administration of the provinces, the offical spheres of duty: provincias inter se comparant
- to look after the commissariat: rem frumentariam comparare, providere
- to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare
- to be prepared for all that may come: ad omnes casus subsidia comparare