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|lshtext=<b>com-pōno</b>: ([[conp]]-), pŏsŭi (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), pŏsĭtum ([[compostus]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[put]], [[place]], [[lay]], [[bring]] or [[set]] [[together]], to [[unite]], [[join]], [[connect]], [[collect]], aggregate, [[compose]], to [[order]], [[arrange]], [[adjust]], etc. ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., of [[different]] objects.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[bring]] [[into]] [[union]], [[gather]], [[collect]], [[put]] [[together]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things in gen.: aridum [[lignum]], Hor. C. 3, 17, 14: compositā fronde, Prop. 1, 20, 22: uvas in tecto in cratibus, [[Cato]], R. R. 112, 2: in quo ([[loco]]) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat, Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: ([[amomum]]) [[manipulatim]] [[leniter]] componitur, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: amphoras in culleum, [[Cato]], R. R. 113, 2: ligna in caminum, id. ib. 37, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[bring]] [[into]] [[contact]], [[fit]] [[together]], [[join]]: [[quid]]... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque [[compactum]] et coagmentatum inveniri potest? Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo [[bibo]] [[eodem]], [[amplector]], labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28: tum [[latus]] conponit lateri et cum pectore [[pectus]], id. ib. p. 260, 30: conponens manibusque [[manus]] [[atque]] ori bus ora, Verg. A. 8, 486: Mercurio [[Sais]] fertur Virgineum conposuisse [[latus]], Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf. [[caput]], Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of [[broken]] limbs, etc., med. t. t., to [[set]]: ossa, Cels. 8, 10, 2: jugulum, id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Esp., to [[pack]] up for a [[journey]], etc.: omnia composta sunt quae donavi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21: i [[ergo]] [[intro]] et compone quae [[tecum]] [[simul]] Ferantur, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5: dum tota [[domus]] raedā componitur unā, Juv. 3, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons: is ([[Saturnus]]) [[genus]] indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit, Verg. A. 8, 322: et [[tabula]] una duos poterit componere amantes, Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[set]] in [[opposition]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]] [[together]] in [[hostility]], to [[oppose]], to [[couple]], [[pair]], [[match]] in [[combat]] (cf. [[compositio]], III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: [[Samnis]], [[spurcus]] [[homo]], cum Pacideiano conponitur, [[optimus]] [[multo]] Post homines natos [[gladiator]] qui fuit [[unus]], Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17: Rupili et Persi [[par]] pugnat, uti non Compositum [[melius]] cum Bitho [[Bacchius]], Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.: staturam habere Threcis cum [[Threce]] conpositi, Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8; and in gen.: si [[quis]] [[casus]] duos [[inter]] se bonos viros composuerit, Quint. 2, 17, 34: cuive virūm mallem [[memet]] componere, Sil. 10, 70: componimur Vecordi Decio, id. 11, 212: hunc fatis, id. 1, 39: cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale [[genus]], Luc. 3, 196; and [[fig]].: pergis [[pugnantia]] [[secum]] Frontibus adversis componere, Hor. S. 1, 1, 103: [[ecce]] [[par]] deo dignum, vir [[fortis]] cum fortunā malā conpositus, Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9: non [[illa]] ([[rhetorice]]) [[secum]] ipsa componitur, Quint. 2, 17, 33; and of a [[judicial]] [[contest]]: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita, confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[oppose]] by [[way]] of [[comparison]], to [[compare]], [[contrast]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and dat.: [[quid]] est, [[cur]] componere ausis mihi te aut me [[tibi]]? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.): nec divis homines componier aequom'st, Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis [[discrepant]], Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.): si parva [[licet]] conponere magnis, Verg. G. 4, 176: parvis conponere magna solebam, id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, 416: audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam? id. ib. 15, 530: divinis humana, Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and cum: ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit, Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causā adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the parts of a [[whole]], or of a [[whole]] as made up of parts.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]] [[together]], [[compose]], [[compound]], [[make]] up, [[mix]], [[construct]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex: [[exercitus]] ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus, Sall. J. 18, 3: [[genus]] humanum ex corpore et animā conpositum, id. ib. 2, 1: [[liber]] ex alienis orationibus [[compositus]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47: antidoton... ex multis [[atque]] [[interim]] contrariis [[quoque]] [[inter]] se effectibus, Quint. 1, 10, 6: ex quo (umore) componi debet ([[medicamentum]]), Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: mensam gramine, Sil. 15, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. [[alone]]: [[medicamentum]], Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., of buildings, etc., to [[construct]], [[build]]: qui cuncta conposuit, i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13: urbem, Verg. A. 3, 387: [[illa]] (templa) deis, Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.: aggere conposito tumuli, Verg. A. 7, 6: deletas Thebas, Prop. 2, 6, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of words, to [[compound]]: vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia), Quint. 1, 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of writings, speeches, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[compose]], [[write]], [[construct]] ([[very]] freq.): leges, Lucr. 4, 966: compone hoc, [[quod]] [[postulo]], de argento: de [[reliquo]] videro, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36: [[quartum]] librum, id. de Or. 2, 55, 224: libros, id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1: libellos, Quint. 12, 8, 5: actiones, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68: [[argumentum]], Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: [[edictum]] eis verbis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116: [[edictum]] eorum arbitratu, id. ib. 2, 1, 46, § 119: artes, books of [[instruction]], id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40: [[artificium]], id. de Or. 2, 19, 83: commentarium consulatūs mei, id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19: quarum (litterarum) [[exemplum]], Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53: quandam disciplinae formulam, id. Ac. 1, 4, 17: stipulationum et judiciorum formulas, id. Leg. 1, 4, 14: [[interdictum]], id. Caecin. 21, 59: poëma, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60: senatūs [[consultum]], Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2: [[testimonium]], id. Att. 15, 15, 1: verba ad religionem deorum immortalium, id. Dom. 47, 124: de judicialibus causis [[aliqua]], Quint. 3, 6, 104: aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitāque Scapulae composita erant, Tac. A. 16, 14: Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos [[aliqua]] conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: [[carmen]], Cic. Mur. 12, 26: carmina, Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49: epistulas, id. ib. 2, 70: litteras nomine Marcelli, Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20: orationem habere ad conciliandos [[plebis]] animos conpositam, Liv. 1, 35, 2: blanditias tremulā voce, Tib. 1, 2, 91: meditata manu verba trementi, Ov. M. 9, 521: [[versus]], Hor. S. 1, 4, 8: mollem [[versum]], Prop. 1, 7, 19: [[cantus]], Tib. 1, 2, 53: in morem annalium, Tac. Or. 22: orationes [[adversus]] aliquem, id. ib. 37: litteras ad aliquem, id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22: probra in Gaium, id. ib. 6, 9; 14, 50: [[multa]] et atrocia in Macronem, id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to [[write]] [[about]], [[treat]], [[celebrate]]: tuas laudes, Tib. 4, 1, 35: res gestas, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251: tempora Iliaca, Vell. 1, 3, 2: [[bellum]] Troicum, id. 1, 5, 3: Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum, Tac. Or. 14: veteres populi Romani res, id. A. 4, 32: Neronis res, id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> From the [[notion]] of [[closing]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] [[away]], [[put]] [[aside]], [[put]] in [[place]]: armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus, i. e. folding up the sails and [[lowering]] the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80: ([[tempus]]) ad componenda [[armamenta]] expediendumque remigem, Liv. 26, 39, 8: [[vela]] contrahit malosque inclinat et [[simul]] [[armamenta]] componens, etc., id. 36, 44, 2: [[arma]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 52: tristes istos conpone libellos, [[put]] [[aside]], Prop. 1, 9, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[store]] up, [[put]] [[away]], [[collect]]: nec... Aut conponere [[opes]] norant aut parcere parto, Verg. A. 8, 317: ego conposito [[securus]] [[acervo]] Despiciam dites, Tib. 1, 1, 77; so [[fig]].: [[condo]] et [[compono]] quae mox depromere possim, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to [[preserve]], [[pack]], [[put]] up fruits, [[meat]], etc., for [[future]] [[use]]: pernas, [[Cato]], R. R. 162, 12: tergora (suis), Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1: caepam in [[fidelia]], id. 12, 10, 2: herbas, id. 12, 13, 2: poma, id. 12, 47, 5: olivas, Pall. Nov. 22, 5: herbam ollā novā, Scrib. Comp. 60: [[faenum]], Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4: [[fructus]] in urceis, capsellis, ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[ashes]] or [[remains]] of the [[dead]], to [[adjust]], [[lay]] [[out]], to [[collect]] and inurn, [[inter]], [[bury]]: tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt, Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19): cinerem, Ov. F. 3, 547: cinerem ossaque, Val. Fl. 7, 203: sic ego conponi [[versus]] in ossa velim, Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to [[bury]]: quem... [[prope]] cognatos conpositum cineres, Cat. 68, 98: omnes composui (meos), Hor. S. 1, 9, 28: compositi busta avi, Ov. F. 5, 426: Pisonem Verania [[uxor]]... T. Vinium Crispina [[filia]] composuere, Tac. H. 1, 47: componi [[tumulo]] [[eodem]], Ov. M. 4, 157: toro Mortua componar, id. ib. 9, 504: [[alto]] Conpositus [[lecto]], Pers. 3, 104: aliquem terrā, Sil. 9, 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[lay]] at [[rest]], [[compose]], [[quiet]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of things: omnia noctis erant placidā composta [[quiete]], Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16: cum [[mare]] compositum est, Ov. A. A. 3, 259: aquas, id. H. 13, 136: fessum tumentes Composuit [[pelagus]] ventis patientibus undas, Luc. 5, 702.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of persons: nec vigilantibus, sed [[etiam]] [[quiete]] compositis, Quint. 11, 2, 5: ubi jam thalamis se conposuere, Verg. G. 4, 189: defessa membra, id. ib. 4, 438: si [[bene]] conpositus somno vinoque jacebit, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[end]] [[strife]], [[confusion]], etc., to [[compose]], [[pacify]], [[allay]], [[settle]], [[calm]], [[appease]], [[quiet]], tranquillize, [[reconcile]], etc., [[that]] [[which]] is disturbed or at [[variance]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> With [[personal]] [[object]]: aversos amicos, Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: ceteros clementiā, Tac. A. 12, 55: [[comitia]] praetorum, id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85: juvenes concitatos, Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.: barbarūm animos, Tac. A. 14, 39: gentem, Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the [[mind]]: prima ([[pars]] philosophiae) conponit animum, Sen. Ep. 89, 9: [[argumentum]] conpositae mentis, id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352: mentem somno, id. 3, 162: [[religio]] saevas componit mentis, id. 13, 317.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of places, countries, etc.: C. [[Caesar]] componendae Armeniae deligitur, Tac. A. 2, 4: Campaniam, id. H. 4, 3: Daciam, id. ib. 3, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> With abstr. or indef. objects: si [[possum]] hoc [[inter]] vos conponere, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.: vides, [[inter]] nos sic haec [[potius]] cum bonā Ut componamus gratiā [[quam]] cum malā? Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17: [[gaudens]] conponi foedere [[bellum]], Verg. A. 12, 109; so, [[bellum]], Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3: bella, Tac. A. 3, 56: cum vellet pro communi [[amico]] controversias regum componere, Caes. B. C. 3, 109: uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur, id. ib. 1, 9 fin.: curas, Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682: lites, Verg. E. 3, 108: seditionem civilem, Suet. Caes. 4: statum Orientis, id. Calig. 1: Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit, Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1: legatorum res et [[bello]] turbatas, id. 45, 16, 2: res Germanicas, Suet. Vit. 9: discordias, Tac. H. 4, 50: compositis praesentibus, id. A. 1, 45: odia et certamina, id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., [[with]] the [[result]] as [[object]]: pacem componi [[volo]] Meo patri cum matre, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113: si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset, Liv. 30, 40, 13: at me conpositā [[pace]] fefellit Amor, Prop. 2, 2, 2: pax [[circa]] [[Brundusium]] composita, Vell. 2, 75, 3: pacem cum [[Pyrrho]], Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Absol.: coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. [[pass]].: [[posteaquam]] id [[quod]] [[maxime]] volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136: Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur [[atque]] ab armis discederetur, Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Hence, to [[set]] [[right]], to [[set]] in or [[restore]] to the [[proper]] [[place]] or [[condition]], to [[adjust]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[arrange]], [[adjust]], [[order]], [[set]] in [[order]]: aulaeis se superbis Aureā spondā, of one's [[attitude]] on a [[couch]], Verg. A. 1, 697: ad ictum [[militaris]] gladii conpositā cervice, Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2: diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi, id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4: si ad rem pertinet, [[quomodo]] [[caelo]] adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque [[animal]] oriatur, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98: [[tibi]] [[enim]] gratias agebat, [[quod]] signa componenda suscepisses, id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., milit. t. t.: se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secundā (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis [[quisque]] ordinibus (opp. incompositi), Liv. 44, 38, 11: conpositi [[numero]] in turmas, Verg. A. 11, 599: cunctos licentiā vagos [[compositus]] invadit = compositis ordinibus, Tac. H. 4, 35: [[agmen]], id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16: ordines, id. H. 4, 33: vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque [[apud]] signa, componunt, id. ib. 3, 35: pugnae exercitum, id. A. 13, 40: auxilia in numerum legionis, id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.: equitem per turmas, id. ib. 15, 29: insidias in montibus, Just. 1, 3, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[order]] of words in [[language]]: [[quam]] [[lepide]] λέξεις compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte [[pavimento]] [[atque]] emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.: ut aptior [[sit]] [[oratio]], ipsa verba compone, id. Brut. 17, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[reference]] to [[orderly]] [[appearance]], etc., of the [[clothing]], [[hair]]; the [[expression]] of the [[countenance]], etc., to [[lay]], [[smooth]], [[adjust]]: suon [[quisque]] [[loco]]'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st [[commode]]? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: [[composito]] et delibuto capillo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135: comas, Ov. R. Am. 679: crines, Verg. G. 4, 417: ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 148: togam, to [[lay]] in [[proper]] folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.: nec [[tamen]] [[ante]] adiit... Quam se composuit, [[quam]] circumspexit [[amictus]], Ov. M. 4, 318: pulvinum facili manu, id. A. A. 1, 160; cf. torum, id. F. 3, 484: jam [[libet]] componere [[voltus]], id. M. 13, 767: vultu [[composito]], ne laeti excessu principis, etc., Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.: ([[Tiberius]]) [[compositus]] [[ore]], id. ib. 2, 34: [[vultum]] naturā horridum... efferabat, componens ad [[speculum]] in omnem terrorem, distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[adjust]], [[arrange]], [[regulate]], for the [[expression]] of [[something]], or to [[accord]] [[with]] [[something]]; usu. ad aliquid: ad abstinentiam [[rursus]], non [[secus]] ac [[modo]] ad [[balineum]] animum vultumque conposui, Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6: orationis ipsius [[vultus]] ad id, [[quod]] efficere intendimus, [[compositus]], Quint. 9, 1, 21: utrāque manu ad modum aliquid portantium compositā, id. 11, 3, 120: ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis, id. 1, 11, 19: figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae, id. 9, 2, 34: nec ad [[votum]] composita [[civitas]], Tac. Or. 41: cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita, id. H. 1, 71: cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis, id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. [[with]] dat.: [[voltus]] conponere famae Taedet, to [[adapt]], Tib. 4, 7, 9: venturis carbasa ventis, Luc. 3, 596: me [[quoque]] mittendis rectum componite [[telis]], id. 3, 717. —With in: [[Nero]] itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui [[compositus]] pererrabat, disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[bring]] to a [[particular]] form or [[condition]], to [[dispose]], [[arrange]], [[set]] in [[order]], [[contrive]], [[devise]], [[prepare]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3: [[quod]] adest [[memento]] Componere [[aequus]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 33: conpositā [[atque]] constitutā re publicā, Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42: [[necdum]] compositis maturisve [[satis]] consiliis, Liv. 4, 13, 5: (diem) totum in considerandā causā componendāque posuisse, Cic. Brut. 22, 87: [[tempus]] in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere, id. Or. 42, 143: ex sententiā omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque, Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1: in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita [[statim]] decernuntur, Tac. H. 2, 55: dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur, id. A. 12, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad or in and acc. of the [[purpose]] for [[which]], or the [[example]] according to [[which]], etc.: cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita, Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32: omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae, Quint. 10, 1, 43: animum ad omnes [[casus]], id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321: [[satis]] [[igitur]] in hoc nos componet [[multa]] scribendi [[exercitatio]], Quint. 9, 4, 114: cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum [[mores]] suadent, Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[arrange]] in [[agreement]] [[with]] others, to [[agree]] [[upon]], [[contrive]], [[devise]], [[invent]], [[conspire]] to [[make]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum [[auro]] esse [[apud]] me: conposita est [[fallacia]], Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29: [[quin]] jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17: ita [[causa]] componitur, ut [[item]] palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54: societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse, Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch: [[crimen]] ab inimicis Romae conpositum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: conpositis [[inter]] se rebus, Sall. J. 66, 2: ita conposito [[dolo]] digrediuntur, id. ib. 111, 4: conposito jam consilio, Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant; convenerat [[autem]], etc., id. 25, 9, 8: sub noctem susurri Compositā repetantur horā, Hor. C. 1, 9, 20: ictum jam [[foedus]], et omnes Conpositae leges, Verg. A. 12, 315: compositis notis, Tib. 1, 2, 22: [[crimen]] ac dolum [[ultro]], Tac. H. 1, 34: proditionem, id. ib. 2, 100: seditionem, id. ib. 4, 14: insidias, id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. [[supra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel.-[[clause]]: cum summā concordiā, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt, Liv. 40, 40, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire, Tac. A. 3, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pass. impers.: ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat, Liv. 2, 37, 1.—(ε) With ut and subj.: compositum [[inter]] ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum, Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[feign]], [[invent]], [[devise]], [[contrive]], in [[order]] to [[deceive]] or [[delude]], etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.): ne tu [[istic]] [[hodie]] [[malo]] tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211: nec [[bene]] mendaci [[risus]] conponitur [[ore]], Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3): sed [[vobis]] [[facile]]'st verba et conponere fraudes, Prop. 2, 9, 31: insidias in me conponis inanes, id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19: compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur, Tac. A. 13, 47: si haec fabulosa et composita videntur, id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40: quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in [[obscuro]] habentur, id. A. 15, 16; cf.: vetustatem, ut [[cetera]], in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse, exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.—Part. perf. [[with]] in and acc., pretending, [[assuming]] the [[appearance]] or [[expression]]: ([[Domitianus]]) [[paratus]] simulatione, in adrogantiam [[compositus]] audiit [[preces]], Tac. Agr. 42: is in maestitiam [[compositus]], id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54: in securitatem, id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely [[with]] ad: [[tunc]] [[compositus]] ad maestitiam, Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus (-[[postus]]), a, um.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Well-arranged, [[ordered]], or constituted, [[orderly]], [[regular]]: quae (injuria) dum [[foris]] sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec [[magis]] compositum [[quicquam]] nec [[magis]] [[elegans]], Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus [[sum]] ... σύγχυσιν litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1: acrior impetu [[atque]] animis [[quam]] compositior ullo ordine [[pugna]] fuit, Liv. 28, 22, 13: intellegitur, [[etiamsi]] non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque [[fore]] talem virum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3: composita et quieta et beata [[respublica]], Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings: [[quare]] in his [[quoque]] libris erant [[eadem]] [[aliqua]]... omnia [[vero]] compositiora et elaborata, Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.: [[illa]] quae curam fatentur et ficta [[atque]] composita videri [[etiam]] volunt, [[elaborate]], id. 8, pr. § 23.—Transf., of the [[orator]] [[himself]]: si aut compositi oratoris [[bene]] structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum, Cic. Or. 70, 232.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Fitly disposed for [[any]] [[purpose]], [[prepared]], [[apt]], [[fit]], adapted, [[qualified]], [[suitable]], [[ready]]: perficiam ut [[nemo]] [[umquam]] paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so, [[equus]] [[bene]] naturā [[compositus]], Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or [[with]] dat.: [[arte]] quādam ab juventā in ostentationem (virtutum) [[compositus]], Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.: [[alius]] historiae [[magis]] [[idoneus]], [[alius]] [[compositus]] ad [[carmen]], Quint. 2, 8, 7: [[aeque]] in adulationem [[compositus]] ([[sacerdos]]), Curt. 4, 7, 26: (Attici) non [[maxime]] ad risum compositi, Quint. 6, 3, 18: naturā [[atque]] [[arte]] [[compositus]] alliciendis [[etiam]] Muciani moribus, Tac. H. 2, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Quiet, [[peaceful]], [[undisturbed]], [[calm]], [[composed]], [[unimpassioned]], etc.: ut peractis quae agenda fuerint [[salvo]] jam et [[composito]] [[die]] possis ibi manere, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2: [[lenis]] et nitidi et compositi generis amatores, Quint. 10, 1, 44: [[actio]], id. 11, 3, 110: [[aetas]], [[mature]], [[sedate]], Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites [[atque]] compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9: [[supercilium]] (opp. erectum), id. 11, 3, 74: [[repetitio]] eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem, Flor. 3, 23, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Compound, [[composite]], made up of parts (opp. [[simplex]]): verba, Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5: voces, id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭ-tum ([[conp]]-), i, n., [[that]] [[which]] is agreed, an [[agreement]], [[compact]], etc.; [[only]] abl. in the phrases,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ex [[composito]], according to [[agreement]], by [[agreement]], in [[concert]], Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch: tum ex [[composito]] orta vis, Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; De [[composito]], by [[agreement]], App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More [[rarely]] in the [[same]] [[sense]], [[composito]] [[alone]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ([[conp]]-), in an [[orderly]], [[regular]], or [[skilful]] [[manner]], [[orderly]], [[regularly]], [[properly]] ([[class]]. [[but]] [[rare]]; not in Quint.): ambulare, Col. 6, 2, 5: [[indutus]], Gell. 1, 5, 2: [[composite]] et [[apte]] dicere, Cic. Or. 71, 236: [[composite]], [[ornate]], [[copiose]] eloqui, id. de Or. 1, 11, 48: [[composite]] [[atque]] [[magnifice]] casum reipublicae miserati, Sall. C. 51, 9: [[bene]] et [[composite]] disseruit, id. ib. 52.—Comp.: compositius cuncta [[quam]] festinantius agerent, Tac. A. 15, 3.
|lshtext=<b>com-pōno</b>: ([[conp]]-), pŏsŭi (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), pŏsĭtum ([[compostus]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21 Lorenz; Verg. A. 1, 249; Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; Varr ap. Sen. Ep. 56, 6), 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[put]], [[place]], [[lay]], [[bring]] or [[set]] [[together]], to [[unite]], [[join]], [[connect]], [[collect]], aggregate, [[compose]], to [[order]], [[arrange]], [[adjust]], etc. ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., of [[different]] objects.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[bring]] [[into]] [[union]], [[gather]], [[collect]], [[put]] [[together]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things in gen.: aridum [[lignum]], Hor. C. 3, 17, 14: compositā fronde, Prop. 1, 20, 22: uvas in tecto in cratibus, [[Cato]], R. R. 112, 2: in quo ([[loco]]) erant ea conposita, quibus rex te numerare constituerat, Cic. Deiot. 6, 17: ([[amomum]]) [[manipulatim]] [[leniter]] componitur, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: amphoras in culleum, [[Cato]], R. R. 113, 2: ligna in caminum, id. ib. 37, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> To [[bring]] [[into]] [[contact]], [[fit]] [[together]], [[join]]: [[quid]]... in operibus manu factis tam compositum tamque [[compactum]] et coagmentatum inveniri potest? Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74: cum poclo [[bibo]] [[eodem]], [[amplector]], labra labellis conpono, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 260, 28: tum [[latus]] conponit lateri et cum pectore [[pectus]], id. ib. p. 260, 30: conponens manibusque [[manus]] [[atque]] ori bus ora, Verg. A. 8, 486: Mercurio [[Sais]] fertur Virgineum conposuisse [[latus]], Prop. 2, 2, 12; cf. [[caput]], Tib. 1, 5, 8.—Hence, of [[broken]] limbs, etc., med. t. t., to [[set]]: ossa, Cels. 8, 10, 2: jugulum, id. 8, 8, 8 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Esp., to [[pack]] up for a [[journey]], etc.: omnia composta sunt quae donavi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 21: i [[ergo]] [[intro]] et compone quae [[tecum]] [[simul]] Ferantur, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 5: dum tota [[domus]] raedā componitur unā, Juv. 3, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of persons: is ([[Saturnus]]) [[genus]] indocile ac dispersum montibus altis Composuit, Verg. A. 8, 322: et [[tabula]] una duos poterit componere amantes, Prop. 2, 26, 33 (3, 22, 13); cf. II. C. 5. [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[set]] in [[opposition]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]] [[together]] in [[hostility]], to [[oppose]], to [[couple]], [[pair]], [[match]] in [[combat]] (cf. [[compositio]], III.); esp. of gladiators, etc.: [[Samnis]], [[spurcus]] [[homo]], cum Pacideiano conponitur, [[optimus]] [[multo]] Post homines natos [[gladiator]] qui fuit [[unus]], Lucil. Sat. ap. Non. p. 257, 18; cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17: Rupili et Persi [[par]] pugnat, uti non Compositum [[melius]] cum Bitho [[Bacchius]], Hor. S. 1, 7, 20 Orell. ad loc.: staturam habere Threcis cum [[Threce]] conpositi, Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. 8; and in gen.: si [[quis]] [[casus]] duos [[inter]] se bonos viros composuerit, Quint. 2, 17, 34: cuive virūm mallem [[memet]] componere, Sil. 10, 70: componimur Vecordi Decio, id. 11, 212: hunc fatis, id. 1, 39: cum ventis, pelagique furentibus undis Composuit mortale [[genus]], Luc. 3, 196; and [[fig]].: pergis [[pugnantia]] [[secum]] Frontibus adversis componere, Hor. S. 1, 1, 103: [[ecce]] [[par]] deo dignum, vir [[fortis]] cum fortunā malā conpositus, Sen. Prov. 1, 2, 9: non [[illa]] ([[rhetorice]]) [[secum]] ipsa componitur, Quint. 2, 17, 33; and of a [[judicial]] [[contest]]: accita Epicharis et cum indice composita, confronted, Tac. A. 15, 51; 16, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[oppose]] by [[way]] of [[comparison]], to [[compare]], [[contrast]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and dat.: [[quid]] est, [[cur]] componere ausis mihi te aut me [[tibi]]? Att. ap. Non. p. 257, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 147 Rib.): nec divis homines componier aequom'st, Cat. 68, 141: composita dicta evolvunt, Quae cum componas, dicta factis [[discrepant]], Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 21 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.): si parva [[licet]] conponere magnis, Verg. G. 4, 176: parvis conponere magna solebam, id. E. 1, 23; Ov. M. 5, 416: audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam? id. ib. 15, 530: divinis humana, Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and cum: ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit, Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causā adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the parts of a [[whole]], or of a [[whole]] as made up of parts.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bring]] [[together]], [[compose]], [[compound]], [[make]] up, [[mix]], [[construct]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex: [[exercitus]] ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus, Sall. J. 18, 3: [[genus]] humanum ex corpore et animā conpositum, id. ib. 2, 1: [[liber]] ex alienis orationibus [[compositus]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47: antidoton... ex multis [[atque]] [[interim]] contrariis [[quoque]] [[inter]] se effectibus, Quint. 1, 10, 6: ex quo (umore) componi debet ([[medicamentum]]), Cels. 6, 7, 1 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: mensam gramine, Sil. 15, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. [[alone]]: [[medicamentum]], Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., of buildings, etc., to [[construct]], [[build]]: qui cuncta conposuit, i. e. the Creator, Cic. Univ. 13: urbem, Verg. A. 3, 387: [[illa]] (templa) deis, Ov. F. 1, 708 Burm. ad loc.: aggere conposito tumuli, Verg. A. 7, 6: deletas Thebas, Prop. 2, 6, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of words, to [[compound]]: vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia), Quint. 1, 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of writings, speeches, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> To [[compose]], [[write]], [[construct]] ([[very]] freq.): leges, Lucr. 4, 966: compone hoc, [[quod]] [[postulo]], de argento: de [[reliquo]] videro, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36: [[quartum]] librum, id. de Or. 2, 55, 224: libros, id. Fam. 16, 20; Plin. Ep. 9, 9, 1: libellos, Quint. 12, 8, 5: actiones, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8; Quint. 11, 3, 68: [[argumentum]], Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: [[edictum]] eis verbis, id. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116: [[edictum]] eorum arbitratu, id. ib. 2, 1, 46, § 119: artes, books of [[instruction]], id. Brut. 12, 48; id. Ac. 2, 13, 40: [[artificium]], id. de Or. 2, 19, 83: commentarium consulatūs mei, id. Att. 1, 19, 10; Quint. 1, 8, 19: quarum (litterarum) [[exemplum]], Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53: quandam disciplinae formulam, id. Ac. 1, 4, 17: stipulationum et judiciorum formulas, id. Leg. 1, 4, 14: [[interdictum]], id. Caecin. 21, 59: poëma, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60: senatūs [[consultum]], Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2: [[testimonium]], id. Att. 15, 15, 1: verba ad religionem deorum immortalium, id. Dom. 47, 124: de judicialibus causis [[aliqua]], Quint. 3, 6, 104: aliquid de ratione dicendi, id. prooem. 1: quae de ortu vitāque Scapulae composita erant, Tac. A. 16, 14: Apion... inmortalitate donari a se scripsit ad quos [[aliqua]] conponebat, Plin. praef. § 25: [[carmen]], Cic. Mur. 12, 26: carmina, Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49: epistulas, id. ib. 2, 70: litteras nomine Marcelli, Liv. 27, 28, 4; Tac. A. 11, 20: orationem habere ad conciliandos [[plebis]] animos conpositam, Liv. 1, 35, 2: blanditias tremulā voce, Tib. 1, 2, 91: meditata manu verba trementi, Ov. M. 9, 521: [[versus]], Hor. S. 1, 4, 8: mollem [[versum]], Prop. 1, 7, 19: [[cantus]], Tib. 1, 2, 53: in morem annalium, Tac. Or. 22: orationes [[adversus]] aliquem, id. ib. 37: litteras ad aliquem, id. A. 15, 8; 14, 22: probra in Gaium, id. ib. 6, 9; 14, 50: [[multa]] et atrocia in Macronem, id. ib. 6, 44 (38) et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., of the subjects, etc., treated, to [[write]] [[about]], [[treat]], [[celebrate]]: tuas laudes, Tib. 4, 1, 35: res gestas, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251: tempora Iliaca, Vell. 1, 3, 2: [[bellum]] Troicum, id. 1, 5, 3: Juli Africani vitam componendo, spem hominibus fecisti plurium ejus modi librorum, Tac. Or. 14: veteres populi Romani res, id. A. 4, 32: Neronis res, id. ib. 1, 1; 11, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> From the [[notion]] of [[closing]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] [[away]], [[put]] [[aside]], [[put]] in [[place]]: armamentis conplicandis, conponendis studuimus, i. e. folding up the sails and [[lowering]] the masts, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 80: ([[tempus]]) ad componenda [[armamenta]] expediendumque remigem, Liv. 26, 39, 8: [[vela]] contrahit malosque inclinat et [[simul]] [[armamenta]] componens, etc., id. 36, 44, 2: [[arma]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 52: tristes istos conpone libellos, [[put]] [[aside]], Prop. 1, 9, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[store]] up, [[put]] [[away]], [[collect]]: nec... Aut conponere [[opes]] norant aut parcere parto, Verg. A. 8, 317: ego conposito [[securus]] [[acervo]] Despiciam dites, Tib. 1, 1, 77; so [[fig]].: [[condo]] et [[compono]] quae mox depromere possim, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12.— So esp. to [[preserve]], [[pack]], [[put]] up fruits, [[meat]], etc., for [[future]] [[use]]: pernas, [[Cato]], R. R. 162, 12: tergora (suis), Col. 12, 55, 2: siccatos coliculos, id. 12, 9, 1: caepam in [[fidelia]], id. 12, 10, 2: herbas, id. 12, 13, 2: poma, id. 12, 47, 5: olivas, Pall. Nov. 22, 5: herbam ollā novā, Scrib. Comp. 60: [[faenum]], Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4: [[fructus]] in urceis, capsellis, ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[ashes]] or [[remains]] of the [[dead]], to [[adjust]], [[lay]] [[out]], to [[collect]] and inurn, [[inter]], [[bury]]: tu mea conpones et dices, ossa, Properti, Haec tua sunt, Prop. 2, 24, 35 (3, 19, 19): cinerem, Ov. F. 3, 547: cinerem ossaque, Val. Fl. 7, 203: sic ego conponi [[versus]] in ossa velim, Tib. 3, 2, 26.—Hence, in gen., of persons, to [[bury]]: quem... [[prope]] cognatos conpositum cineres, Cat. 68, 98: omnes composui (meos), Hor. S. 1, 9, 28: compositi busta avi, Ov. F. 5, 426: Pisonem Verania [[uxor]]... T. Vinium Crispina [[filia]] composuere, Tac. H. 1, 47: componi [[tumulo]] [[eodem]], Ov. M. 4, 157: toro Mortua componar, id. ib. 9, 504: [[alto]] Conpositus [[lecto]], Pers. 3, 104: aliquem terrā, Sil. 9, 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[lay]] at [[rest]], [[compose]], [[quiet]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of things: omnia noctis erant placidā composta [[quiete]], Varr. Atac. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 16: cum [[mare]] compositum est, Ov. A. A. 3, 259: aquas, id. H. 13, 136: fessum tumentes Composuit [[pelagus]] ventis patientibus undas, Luc. 5, 702.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of persons: nec vigilantibus, sed [[etiam]] [[quiete]] compositis, Quint. 11, 2, 5: ubi jam thalamis se conposuere, Verg. G. 4, 189: defessa membra, id. ib. 4, 438: si [[bene]] conpositus somno vinoque jacebit, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[end]] [[strife]], [[confusion]], etc., to [[compose]], [[pacify]], [[allay]], [[settle]], [[calm]], [[appease]], [[quiet]], tranquillize, [[reconcile]], etc., [[that]] [[which]] is disturbed or at [[variance]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> With [[personal]] [[object]]: aversos amicos, Hor. S. 1, 5, 29: ceteros clementiā, Tac. A. 12, 55: [[comitia]] praetorum, id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85: juvenes concitatos, Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.: barbarūm animos, Tac. A. 14, 39: gentem, Sil. 17, 356.—Esp. of the [[mind]]: prima ([[pars]] philosophiae) conponit animum, Sen. Ep. 89, 9: [[argumentum]] conpositae mentis, id. ib. 2, 1; Cels. 3, 18; Sil. 11, 352: mentem somno, id. 3, 162: [[religio]] saevas componit mentis, id. 13, 317.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of places, countries, etc.: C. [[Caesar]] componendae Armeniae deligitur, Tac. A. 2, 4: Campaniam, id. H. 4, 3: Daciam, id. ib. 3, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> With abstr. or indef. objects: si [[possum]] hoc [[inter]] vos conponere, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.: vides, [[inter]] nos sic haec [[potius]] cum bonā Ut componamus gratiā [[quam]] cum malā? Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 17: [[gaudens]] conponi foedere [[bellum]], Verg. A. 12, 109; so, [[bellum]], Sall. J. 97, 2; Nep. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Vell. 2, 25, 1; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3: bella, Tac. A. 3, 56: cum vellet pro communi [[amico]] controversias regum componere, Caes. B. C. 3, 109: uti per colloquia omnes controversiae componantur, id. ib. 1, 9 fin.: curas, Verg. A. 4, 341; Sil. 12, 682: lites, Verg. E. 3, 108: seditionem civilem, Suet. Caes. 4: statum Orientis, id. Calig. 1: Romanus Ardeae turbatas seditione res... composuit, Liv. 4, 10, 6; 3, 53, 1: legatorum res et [[bello]] turbatas, id. 45, 16, 2: res Germanicas, Suet. Vit. 9: discordias, Tac. H. 4, 50: compositis praesentibus, id. A. 1, 45: odia et certamina, id. ib. 15, 2.—Less freq. transf., [[with]] the [[result]] as [[object]]: pacem componi [[volo]] Meo patri cum matre, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 113: si pax cum Carthaginiensibus componi nequisset, Liv. 30, 40, 13: at me conpositā [[pace]] fefellit Amor, Prop. 2, 2, 2: pax [[circa]] [[Brundusium]] composita, Vell. 2, 75, 3: pacem cum [[Pyrrho]], Just. 18, 2, 6; cf. D. 2. [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Absol.: coheredes mei conponere et transigere cupiebant, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7; and so impers. [[pass]].: [[posteaquam]] id [[quod]] [[maxime]] volui fieri non potuit, ut componeretur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136: Pompei summam esse... voluntatem, ut componeretur [[atque]] ab armis discederetur, Caes. B. C. 3, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Hence, to [[set]] [[right]], to [[set]] in or [[restore]] to the [[proper]] [[place]] or [[condition]], to [[adjust]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[arrange]], [[adjust]], [[order]], [[set]] in [[order]]: aulaeis se superbis Aureā spondā, of one's [[attitude]] on a [[couch]], Verg. A. 1, 697: ad ictum [[militaris]] gladii conpositā cervice, Sen. Cons. Marc. 26, 2: diductis aedificia angulis vidimus moveri iterumque conponi, id. Q. N. 6, 30, 4: si ad rem pertinet, [[quomodo]] [[caelo]] adfecto conpositisque sideribus quodque [[animal]] oriatur, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98: [[tibi]] [[enim]] gratias agebat, [[quod]] signa componenda suscepisses, id. Att. 4, 9, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp., milit. t. t.: se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secundā (acie) cohortis, id. H. inc. Fragm. 44 Dietsch: stabant conpositi suis [[quisque]] ordinibus (opp. incompositi), Liv. 44, 38, 11: conpositi [[numero]] in turmas, Verg. A. 11, 599: cunctos licentiā vagos [[compositus]] invadit = compositis ordinibus, Tac. H. 4, 35: [[agmen]], id. ib. 2, 89; 5, 1; id. A. 12, 16: ordines, id. H. 4, 33: vagos paventesque Vitellianos, sua quemque [[apud]] signa, componunt, id. ib. 3, 35: pugnae exercitum, id. A. 13, 40: auxilia in numerum legionis, id. ib. 2, 80 Nipp. ad loc.: equitem per turmas, id. ib. 15, 29: insidias in montibus, Just. 1, 3, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[order]] of words in [[language]]: [[quam]] [[lepide]] λέξεις compostae! ut tesserulae omnes Arte [[pavimento]] [[atque]] emblemate vermiculato, Lucil. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; id. ap. Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. ib. sq.: ut aptior [[sit]] [[oratio]], ipsa verba compone, id. Brut. 17, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[reference]] to [[orderly]] [[appearance]], etc., of the [[clothing]], [[hair]]; the [[expression]] of the [[countenance]], etc., to [[lay]], [[smooth]], [[adjust]]: suon [[quisque]] [[loco]]'st? Vide capillum, satin compositu'st [[commode]]? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: [[composito]] et delibuto capillo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135: comas, Ov. R. Am. 679: crines, Verg. G. 4, 417: ne turbarentur comae, quas componi, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 148: togam, to [[lay]] in [[proper]] folds, Hor. S. 2, 3, 77; Quint. 11, 3, 156; cf.: nec [[tamen]] [[ante]] adiit... Quam se composuit, [[quam]] circumspexit [[amictus]], Ov. M. 4, 318: pulvinum facili manu, id. A. A. 1, 160; cf. torum, id. F. 3, 484: jam [[libet]] componere [[voltus]], id. M. 13, 767: vultu [[composito]], ne laeti excessu principis, etc., Tac. A. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5; cf.: ([[Tiberius]]) [[compositus]] [[ore]], id. ib. 2, 34: [[vultum]] naturā horridum... efferabat, componens ad [[speculum]] in omnem terrorem, distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[adjust]], [[arrange]], [[regulate]], for the [[expression]] of [[something]], or to [[accord]] [[with]] [[something]]; usu. ad aliquid: ad abstinentiam [[rursus]], non [[secus]] ac [[modo]] ad [[balineum]] animum vultumque conposui, Plin. Ep. 7, 1, 6: orationis ipsius [[vultus]] ad id, [[quod]] efficere intendimus, [[compositus]], Quint. 9, 1, 21: utrāque manu ad modum aliquid portantium compositā, id. 11, 3, 120: ge. stum oratoris ad similitudinem saltationis, id. 1, 11, 19: figuram ad imitationem alterius scripturae, id. 9, 2, 34: nec ad [[votum]] composita [[civitas]], Tac. Or. 41: cuncta ad decorem inperi conposita, id. H. 1, 71: cunctis ad tristitiam conpositis, id. A. 3, 1. —Less freq. [[with]] dat.: [[voltus]] conponere famae Taedet, to [[adapt]], Tib. 4, 7, 9: venturis carbasa ventis, Luc. 3, 596: me [[quoque]] mittendis rectum componite [[telis]], id. 3, 717. —With in: [[Nero]] itinera urbis... veste servili in dissimulationem sui [[compositus]] pererrabat, disguised, made up, Tac. A. 13, 25. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[bring]] to a [[particular]] form or [[condition]], to [[dispose]], [[arrange]], [[set]] in [[order]], [[contrive]], [[devise]], [[prepare]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: ego itinera sic composueram, ut Nonis Quinctilibus Puteolis essem, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3: [[quod]] adest [[memento]] Componere [[aequus]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 33: conpositā [[atque]] constitutā re publicā, Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42: [[necdum]] compositis maturisve [[satis]] consiliis, Liv. 4, 13, 5: (diem) totum in considerandā causā componendāque posuisse, Cic. Brut. 22, 87: [[tempus]] in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere, id. Or. 42, 143: ex sententiā omnibus rebus paratis conpositisque, Sall. J. 43, 5; 94, 1: in senatu cuncta longis aliorum principatibus composita [[statim]] decernuntur, Tac. H. 2, 55: dum quae forent firmando Neronis imperio componuntur, id. A. 12, 68.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad or in and acc. of the [[purpose]] for [[which]], or the [[example]] according to [[which]], etc.: cum alteri placeat auspicia ista ad utilitatem esse rei publicae conposita, Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 32: omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis inperitae, Quint. 10, 1, 43: animum ad omnes [[casus]], id. 12, 9, 20; Val. Fl. 1, 321: [[satis]] [[igitur]] in hoc nos componet [[multa]] scribendi [[exercitatio]], Quint. 9, 4, 114: cultum victumque non ad nova exempla conponere, sed ut majorum [[mores]] suadent, Sen. Tranq. 9, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[arrange]] in [[agreement]] [[with]] others, to [[agree]] [[upon]], [[contrive]], [[devise]], [[invent]], [[conspire]] to [[make]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum [[auro]] esse [[apud]] me: conposita est [[fallacia]], Ut, etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 29: [[quin]] jam virginem Despondi: res composita'st, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 17: ita [[causa]] componitur, ut [[item]] palaestritae Bidini peterent ab Epicrate hereditatem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54: societatem praedarum cum latronibus conposuisse, Sall. H. 4, 11 Dietsch: [[crimen]] ab inimicis Romae conpositum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141: conpositis [[inter]] se rebus, Sall. J. 66, 2: ita conposito [[dolo]] digrediuntur, id. ib. 111, 4: conposito jam consilio, Liv. 3, 53, 3: ceteri proditores ea quae composita erant exspectabant; convenerat [[autem]], etc., id. 25, 9, 8: sub noctem susurri Compositā repetantur horā, Hor. C. 1, 9, 20: ictum jam [[foedus]], et omnes Conpositae leges, Verg. A. 12, 315: compositis notis, Tib. 1, 2, 22: [[crimen]] ac dolum [[ultro]], Tac. H. 1, 34: proditionem, id. ib. 2, 100: seditionem, id. ib. 4, 14: insidias, id. ib. 5, 22; id. A. 12, 54; 13, 47: pacem componere, v. B. 5. [[supra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel.-[[clause]]: cum summā concordiā, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt, Liv. 40, 40, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire, Tac. A. 3, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pass. impers.: ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat, Liv. 2, 37, 1.—(ε) With ut and subj.: compositum [[inter]] ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum, Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[feign]], [[invent]], [[devise]], [[contrive]], in [[order]] to [[deceive]] or [[delude]], etc.: composita dicta, Att. ap. Non. p. 260, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 47 Rib.): ne tu [[istic]] [[hodie]] [[malo]] tuo conpositis mendaciis Advenisti, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 211: nec [[bene]] mendaci [[risus]] conponitur [[ore]], Tib. 3, 6, 35 (3, 7, 3): sed [[vobis]] [[facile]]'st verba et conponere fraudes, Prop. 2, 9, 31: insidias in me conponis inanes, id. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19: compositas insidias fatoque evitatas ementitur, Tac. A. 13, 47: si haec fabulosa et composita videntur, id. Or. 12; id. Agr. 40: quae ut augendae famae composita, sic reliqua non in [[obscuro]] habentur, id. A. 15, 16; cf.: vetustatem, ut [[cetera]], in majus conponentem altores Jovis celebravisse, exaggerating, Sall. H. 3, 60 Dietsch.—Part. perf. [[with]] in and acc., pretending, [[assuming]] the [[appearance]] or [[expression]]: ([[Domitianus]]) [[paratus]] simulatione, in adrogantiam [[compositus]] audiit [[preces]], Tac. Agr. 42: is in maestitiam [[compositus]], id. H. 2, 9; 1, 54: in securitatem, id. A. 3, 44.—Rarely [[with]] ad: [[tunc]] [[compositus]] ad maestitiam, Tac. A. 13, 20.— Hence, P. a.: compŏsĭtus (-[[postus]]), a, um.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Well-arranged, [[ordered]], or constituted, [[orderly]], [[regular]]: quae (injuria) dum [[foris]] sunt, nil videtur mundius, Nec [[magis]] compositum [[quicquam]] nec [[magis]] [[elegans]], Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13: admiratus [[sum]] ... σύγχυσιν litterularum, quae solent tuae compositissimae et clarissimae esse, Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1: acrior impetu [[atque]] animis [[quam]] compositior ullo ordine [[pugna]] fuit, Liv. 28, 22, 13: intellegitur, [[etiamsi]] non adjecero, conpositum ordinatumque [[fore]] talem virum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3: composita et quieta et beata [[respublica]], Tac. Or. 36. —Of writings: [[quare]] in his [[quoque]] libris erant [[eadem]] [[aliqua]]... omnia [[vero]] compositiora et elaborata, Quint. 1, pr. § 8; cf.: [[illa]] quae curam fatentur et ficta [[atque]] composita videri [[etiam]] volunt, [[elaborate]], id. 8, pr. § 23.—Transf., of the [[orator]] [[himself]]: si aut compositi oratoris [[bene]] structam collocationem dissolvas permutatione verborum, Cic. Or. 70, 232.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Fitly disposed for [[any]] [[purpose]], [[prepared]], [[apt]], [[fit]], adapted, [[qualified]], [[suitable]], [[ready]]: perficiam ut [[nemo]] [[umquam]] paratior, vigilantior, compositior ad judicium venisse videatur, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 11; so, [[equus]] [[bene]] naturā [[compositus]], Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or [[with]] dat.: [[arte]] quādam ab juventā in ostentationem (virtutum) [[compositus]], Liv. 26, 19, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.: [[alius]] historiae [[magis]] [[idoneus]], [[alius]] [[compositus]] ad [[carmen]], Quint. 2, 8, 7: [[aeque]] in adulationem [[compositus]] ([[sacerdos]]), Curt. 4, 7, 26: (Attici) non [[maxime]] ad risum compositi, Quint. 6, 3, 18: naturā [[atque]] [[arte]] [[compositus]] alliciendis [[etiam]] Muciani moribus, Tac. H. 2, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Quiet, [[peaceful]], [[undisturbed]], [[calm]], [[composed]], [[unimpassioned]], etc.: ut peractis quae agenda fuerint [[salvo]] jam et [[composito]] [[die]] possis ibi manere, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2: [[lenis]] et nitidi et compositi generis amatores, Quint. 10, 1, 44: [[actio]], id. 11, 3, 110: [[aetas]], [[mature]], [[sedate]], Tac. A. 13, 1: adfectus mites [[atque]] compositi, Quint. 6, 2, 9: [[supercilium]] (opp. erectum), id. 11, 3, 74: [[repetitio]] eorum (civium) labefactabat compositam civitatem, Flor. 3, 23, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Compound, [[composite]], made up of parts (opp. [[simplex]]): verba, Quint. 1, 5, 3; 1, 6, 38; 7, 9, 5: voces, id. 1, 5, 65; cf. id. 1, 5, 9; 2, 12, 3.—Hence, subst.: compŏsĭ-tum ([[conp]]-), i, n., [[that]] [[which]] is agreed, an [[agreement]], [[compact]], etc.; [[only]] abl. in the phrases,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ex [[composito]], according to [[agreement]], by [[agreement]], in [[concert]], Sall. H. 2, 12 Dietsch: tum ex [[composito]] orta vis, Liv. 1, 9, 10; 5, 14, 2; 36, 25, 1; 40, 48, 4; Suet. Claud. 37; Tac. H. 4, 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; De [[composito]], by [[agreement]], App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More [[rarely]] in the [[same]] [[sense]], [[composito]] [[alone]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 29; Nep. Dat. 6, 6; Verg. A. 2, 129.—Hence also adv.: compŏsĭtē ([[conp]]-), in an [[orderly]], [[regular]], or [[skilful]] [[manner]], [[orderly]], [[regularly]], [[properly]] ([[class]]. [[but]] [[rare]]; not in Quint.): ambulare, Col. 6, 2, 5: [[indutus]], Gell. 1, 5, 2: [[composite]] et [[apte]] dicere, Cic. Or. 71, 236: [[composite]], [[ornate]], [[copiose]] eloqui, id. de Or. 1, 11, 48: [[composite]] [[atque]] [[magnifice]] casum reipublicae miserati, Sall. C. 51, 9: [[bene]] et [[composite]] disseruit, id. ib. 52.—Comp.: compositius cuncta [[quam]] festinantius agerent, Tac. A. 15, 3.
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|gf=<b>compōnō</b>⁷ <b>([[conp-]])</b>, pŏsŭī, pŏsĭtum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> placer ensemble : in [[quo]] [[loco]] erant ea composita, quibus [[rex]] te munerare constituerat Cic. Dej. 17, dans ce lieu se trouvaient réunis les objets que le roi te destinait pour récompense ; in acervum conponere [[Cato]] Agr. 37, 5, disposer en tas ; amphoras in cuneum conponito [[Cato]] Agr. 113, 2, range les amphores dans le coin du cellier ; uvas in tecto in cratibus [[Cato]] Agr. 112, 2, dispose les raisins à l’abri sur des claies || réunir : [[genus]] indocile ac dispersum montibus altis composuit Virg. En. 8, 322, il rassembla ce peuple indocile, épars sur les hautes montagnes ; componens oribus [[ora]] Virg. En. 8, 486, joignant les bouches aux bouches [celles des vivants sur celles des morts]<br /><b>2</b> mettre ensemble = mettre aux prises, accoupler (apparier) pour le combat : aliquem cum [[aliquo]] Lucil. d. Non. 257, 18, et d. Cic. Opt. 17 ; Sen. Nat. 4, pr., 8 ; Hor. S. 1, 7, 20, mettre aux prises qqn avec qqn ; duos [[inter]] se bonos viros Quint. 2, 17, 34, mettre aux prises entre eux deux hommes de bien ; alicui se componere, ou componi Sil. 10, 70 ; 11, 212, s’affronter avec qqn || confronter en justice : [[Epicharis]] cum [[indice]] composita Tac. Ann. 15, 51, Épicharis confrontée avec le délateur<br /><b>3</b> mettre ensemble pour comparer ; rapprocher, mettre en parallèle : [[ubi]] Metelli dicta cum factis composuit Sall. J. 48, 1, quand il eut rapproché les paroles de Métellus de ses actes, cf. Quint. 7, 2, 22 || [av. dat.] aliquem alicui Acc. Tr. 147 ; Catul. 68, 141, comparer qqn à qqn ; si parva [[licet]] componere magnis Virg. G. 4, 176, si l’on peut comparer les petites choses aux grandes, cf. B. 1, 23 ; Ov. M. 5, 416, etc.<br /><b>4</b> faire (composer) par une union de parties : [[exercitus]] [[compositus]] ex variis gentibus Sall. J. 18, 3, armée composée d’éléments de nationalités diverses ; [[liber]] ex alienis orationibus [[compositus]] Cic. Cæcil. 47, livre constitué par la réunion de discours pris à autrui ; qui cuncta composuit Cic. Tim. 47, le créateur de l’univers ; mensam gramine Sil. 15, 51, constituer une table avec du gazon || dans Quintilien composita verba = mots composés Quint. (1, 5, 3, etc.) || [surtout] composer un livre, faire (écrire) un ouvrage : Cic. de Or. 2, 224, etc. ; artes componere Cic. Br. 48, composer des traités théoriques ; componit [[edictum]] his verbis ut... Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 116, il rédige l’édit en [[termes]] tels que... ; [[carmen]] Cic. Mur. 26, rédiger une formule ; [[poema]] Cic. *Q. 3, 1, 11 (carmina Tac. D. 12 ; [[versus]] Hor. S. 1, 4, 8), composer un poème, des vers || [[res]] gestas componere Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 251, écrire l’histoire, cf. Tac. Ann. 4, 32, etc. ; alicujus vitam Tac. D. 14, écrire la vie de qqn<br /><b>5</b> serrer, carguer les voiles : Liv. 26, 39, 8, etc. || mettre en tas de côté, déposer [les armes] : Hor. O. 4, 14, 52 || serrer en réserve des provisions] : Virg. En. 8, 317 ; Tib. 1, 1, 77 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 162, 12 ; Col. Rust. 12, 9, 1, etc. || recueillir les cendres, les ossements d’un mort : Ov. F. 3, 547 ; Prop. 2, 24, 35 ; [d’où] mettre le mort dans le tombeau, ensevelir : Ov. M. 4, 157 ; Hor. S. 1, 9, 28 ; Tac. H. 1, 47 || serrer, arranger ses membres pour dormir : Virg. G. 4, 437 ; se [[regina]] [[aurea]] composuit [[sponda]] Virg. En. 1, 698, la reine s’[[est]] installée sur un lit d’or ; cf. componere togam Hor. S. 2, 3, 77, arranger sa toge = s’installer (pour écouter); [en parl. d’un mort] [[alto]] [[compositus]] [[lecto]] Pers. 3, 104, installé sur un lit élevé || [[ubi]] thalamis se composuere Virg. G. 4, 189, quand les abeilles se sont renfermées dans leurs cellules<br /><b>6</b> mettre en accord, régler, terminer [un différend] : si [[possum]] [[hoc]] [[inter]] [[vos]] componere Pl. Curc. 701, si je puis arranger [[cette]] affaire entre vous (Capt. 622 ) ; controversias regum Cæs. C. 3, 109, régler le différend entre les rois (1, 9, 6 ) ; [[bellum]] [[Pollio]] d. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3 ( Sall. J. 97, 2 ; Nep. Hann. 6, 2, etc. ), terminer une guerre par un traité, conclure la paix || pass. impers. : fieri [[non]] potuit, ut componeretur Cic. Amer. 136, il était impossible qu’il y eût un accord ( Cæs. C. 3, 16, 4 ) || mettre en accord, apaiser : Campaniam Tac. H. 4, 3, pacifier la Campanie (3, 53 ; Ann. 2, 4 ) ; [[comitia]] prætorum Tac. Ann. 14, 28, ramener le calme dans les élections des préteurs ; aversos amicos Hor. S. 1, 5, 29, faire l’accord entre des amis brouillés<br /><b>7</b> mettre en place, mettre en ordre, disposer, arranger : signa Cic. Att. 4, 9, 1, mettre en place des statues || [rhét.] : verba Cic. Br. 68, bien ranger les mots, bien les agencer (de Or. 171 ; Or. 149) ; [d’où] [[orator]] [[compositus]] Cic. Or. 232, orateur au style soigné || compositi [[numero]] in turmas Virg. En. 11, 599, disposés par nombre égal en escadrons ; compositi [[suis]] [[quisque]] ordinibus Liv. 44, 38, 11, placés en ordre chacun à leur rang || [[composito]] et delibuto capillo Cic. Amer. 135, avec les cheveux bien arrangés et parfumés<br /><b>8</b> arranger [= donner une forme déterminée, disposer d’une façon particulière, en vue d’un but déterminé] : itinera [[sic]] composueram ut... Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3, j’ai réglé mon voyage de manière à ; in consideranda componendaque [[causa]] totum diem ponere Cic. Br. 87, consacrer un jour entier à étudier et à disposer une plaidoirie (Or. 143 ) ; auspicia ad utilitatem [[rei]] publicæ composita Cic. Leg. 2, 32, auspices appropriés à l’intérêt de l’État ; aliquem in [[aliquid]] componere Quint. 9, 4, 114, préparer qqn à qqch. ; se componere Sen. Tranq. 17, 1, se composer (composer son personnage); vultu [[composito]] Tac. Ann. 1, 7, en composant son visage || [part. ayant sens réfléchi] : in mæstitiam [[compositus]] Tac. H. 2, 9, se donnant un air affligé (ad mæstitiam Tac. Ann. 13, 20 ) ; in securitatem Tac. Ann. 3, 44, affectant la sécurité<br /><b>9</b> arranger avec qqn (entre plusieurs), concerter : compositis [[inter]] se rebus constituunt Sall. J. 66, 2, les choses étant réglées entre eux, ils fixent l’exécution de leur projet ; proditionem componere Tac. H. 2, 100, concerter une trahison ; [[crimen]] [[non]] ab inimicis Romæ compositum Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 141, accusation qui [[est]] loin d’avoir été concertée à Rome par des ennemis || [av. interr. indir.] cum [[summa]] [[concordia]] quos dimitterent composuerunt Liv. 40, 40, 14, ils décidèrent ensemble avec un accord parfait quels soldats ils congédieraient ; [av. infin.] componunt Gallos concire Tac. Ann. 3, 40, ils conviennent de soulever les Gaulois || pass. imp. : ut compositum cum [[Marcio]] erat Liv. 2, 37, 1, selon le plan concerté avec Coriolan ; [avec ut ] compositum [[inter]] [[eos]], ut Latiaris strueret dolum Tac. Ann. 4, 68, il fut convenu entre eux que Latiaris tendrait le piège || [d’où] : [[composito]] Ter. Phorm. 756 ; Nep. Dat. 6, 6 ; ex [[composito]] Sall. H. 2, 21 ; Liv. 1, 9, 10 ; 30, 29, 8, etc. ; de [[composito]] Apul. Apol. 1, selon ce qui a été convenu (concerté), selon les conventions || [en part.] : componere pacem (cum [[aliquo]]), régler, arranger, conclure la paix (avec qqn) : pacem componi [[volo]] [[meo]] patri cum matre Pl. Merc. 953, je veux que la paix se règle entre mon père et ma mère ( Liv. 30, 40, 13 )<br /><b>10</b> combiner, inventer : mendacia Pl. Amph. 366, fabriquer des mensonges ; si hæc fabulosa [[nimis]] et composita videntur Tac. D. 12, si tu trouves là-dedans trop de légende et de combinaison fictive. inf. componier Catul. 68, 141 || parf. composeiverunt CIL 5, 7749, 2 || part. sync. [[compostus]] Lucil. d. Cic. de Or. 3, 171 ; Varr. Atac. d. Sen. Ep. 56, 6 ; Virg. En. 1, 249.
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