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col-lŏco ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.

With in and abl.:

istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67:

in rostris collocati,

Cic. Sest. 38, 83:

aliquem in cubili,

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

in navi,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

in custodiā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25:

in solitudine,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

uno quidque in loco,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

Herculem in concilio caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

legiones in cervicibus nostris,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74:

legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf.:

exercitum in hibernis,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

me in gremio Veneris,

Cat. 66, 56:

pedem grabati In collo sibi,

id. 10, 23:

insidias bipertito in silvis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,

id. ib. 3, 20:

juvenem in latebris,

Verg. G. 4, 424 al.:

tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61:

supremo In monte saxum,

Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

corpus in vestibulo,

Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23:

praesidia in litore,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names;

of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,

Suet. Aug. 49:

singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,

id. Claud. 25:

se Athenis collocavit,

established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place:

occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9:

ubi iste castra collocarat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —

With in and acc.:

in tabernam vasa et servos,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27:

me in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

eam in lectum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.):

exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,

Sall. J. 61, 2; cf.

supra,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra:

maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,

Cels. 8, 7.—

With simple abl.:

oculos pennis,

Ov. M. 1, 723.—

With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. [p. 368] 2, 1, 24, §

63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,

to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27:

cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,

Sall. J. 51, 3:

legiones propius Armeniam,

Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.:

ipse propior montem suos conlocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

obsides super se,

Suet. Aug. 43:

singulas infra se,

id. Calig. 24:

juxta se,

id. Ner. 13:

circa se,

id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54:

lecticam pro tribunali,

id. Aug. 33.—

Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33:

tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

lecticae collocabantur,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 18:

signum Jovis,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

sedes ac domicilium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6:

postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,

Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.:

constituere impedimenta,

id. 44, 36, 6):

chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,

Ov. M. 2, 734:

collocat hasta sues,

lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10:

reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; so,

ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,

id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.:

vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),

Cat. 61, 184.—

Esp.

To give in marriage:

filiam alicui,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.:

matrem homini nobilissimo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104;

together with in matrimonio,

Dig. 36, 1, 77:

eam in se dignam condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so,

nuptum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.:

virginem,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5:

filiam alicujus,

id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

in collocandā filiā,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

collocantis filiam,

Just. 9, 6, 2.—

Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.:

rem herilem,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2:

in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.:

pecunias in emptiones praediorum,

Dig. 17, 1, 2:

pecunias graviore faenore,

Suet. Aug. 39:

curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,

id. ib. 5, 15:

duas patrimonii partes in solo,

Suet. Tib. 48; cf.:

duas faenoris partes in agris,

Tac. A. 6, 17:

pecuniam idoneis nominibus,

Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,

In gen., to employ, invest money in some way:

patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—

(Like the Gr. protithenai.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum:

aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,

Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—

Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).

In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.

With in and abl.:

illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8:

res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17:

ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,

employed, occupied themselves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.:

totum se in cognitione et scientiā,

id. Off. 1, 44, 158:

sese palam in meretriciā vitā,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

philosophiam in urbibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,

to be placed, deposited, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,

to apply, employ, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29:

spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,

to employ, spend, id. Cael. 17, 39:

bonas horas male,

Mart. 1, 113, 3:

omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,

placed, Cic. Or. 51, 173:

in conspectu,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

famam in tuto,

id. 12, 11, 7. —

With in and acc.:

in otium se,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

homines quattuor In soporem,

to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—

With simple abl.:

et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

ordine collocati sensus,

id. 7, 10, 16. —

With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—

Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.:

rem militarem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3:

aedilitas recte collocata,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12:

vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin. —In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.:

ut apte collocentur (verba),

Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4;

9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),

have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

bene,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.:

ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,

id. Off. 2, 12, 42.

cŏm-ĕs, ĭtis, comm. [con and 1. eo] (lit. one who goes with another), a companion, an associate, comrade, partaker, sharer, partner, etc. (whether male or female; class. and freq.).

In gen.

Masc.:

age, age, argentum numera, ne comites morer,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 25:

confugere domum sine comite,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 25:

comes meus fuit, et omnium itinerum meorum socius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 71:

erat comes ejus Rubrius,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64:

cui tu me comitem putas esse,

id. Att. 8, 7, 1:

ibimus, o socii comitesque,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 26; Lucr. 3, 1037; 4, 575:

Catulli,

Cat. 11, 1:

Pisonis,

id. 28, 1; Nep. Ages. 6, 3:

quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet Romulus,

Verg. A. 6, 778; cf.:

comes ire alicui,

id. ib. 6, 159:

comitem aliquem mittere alicui,

id. ib. 2, 86:

comes esse alicui,

Ov. H. 14, 54 et saep. —

With gen. or dat. of thing:

cum se victoriae Pompeji comitem esse mallet quam, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80:

comitem illius furoris,

Cic. Lael. 11, 37:

me tuarum actionum, sententiarum, etc., socium comitemque habebis,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 22:

mortis et funeris atri,

Lucr. 2, 581:

tantae virtutis,

Liv. 22, 60, 12:

exsilii,

Mart. 12, 25:

fugae,

Vell. 2, 53; Liv. 1, 3, 2; Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf. Suet. Tib. 6:

me habuisti comitem consiliis tuis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 15.—With in:

comes in ulciscendis quibusdam,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 2.—

Fem., Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 54; Lucr. 5, 741:

data sum comes inculpata Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 588; cf. id. H. 3, 10:

me tibi venturam comitem,

id. ib. 13, 163; Verg. A. 4, 677; 6, 448.—

Transf. to inanimate objects:

malis erat angor Assidue comes,

Lucr. 6, 1159:

comes formidinis, aura,

id. 3, 290:

ploratus mortis comites,

id. 2, 580:

tunc vitae socia virtus, mortis comes gloria fuisset,

Cic. Font. 21, 49 (17, 39):

multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio,

id. Mur. 6, 13:

pacis est comes, otiique socia eloquentia,

id. Brut. 12, 45; cf.

an idea (perh. intentionally) opp. to this,

Tac. Or. 40:

non ut ullam artem doctrinamve contemneres, sed ut omnis comites ac ministratrices oratoris esse diceres,

Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 75:

cui ipsi casus eventusque rerum non duces sed comites consiliorum fuerunt,

id. Balb. 4, 9:

exanimatio. quas comes pavoris,

id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

(grammatice) dulcis secretorum comes,

Quint. 1, 4, 5:

(cura) comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 115:

culpam poena premit comes,

id. C. 4, 5, 24:

nec (fides) comitem abnegat,

id. ib. 1, 35, 22: comitemque [p. 374] aeris alieni atque litis esse miseriam, Orac. ap. Plin. 7, 32, 32, § 119.—

In partic.

An overseer, tutor, teacher, etc., of young persons (rare;

not ante-Aug.),

Verg. A. 2, 86; 5, 546; Suet. Tib. 12; Stat. S. 5, 2, 60.— Esp. = paedagogus, a slave who accompanied boys as a protector, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Claud. 35.—Far more freq.,

The suite, retinue of friends, relatives, scholars, noble youth, etc., which accompanied magistrates into the provinces, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 27 sq; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Suet. Caes. 42; id. Ner. 5; id. Gram. 10.—

The attendants of distinguished private individuals, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 76; 1, 17, 52; id. S. 1, 6, 102; Suet. Caes. 4.— Trop.: (Cicero) in libris de Republica Platonis se comitem profitetur, Plin. praef. § 22.—

After the time of the emperors, the imperial train, the courtiers, court, Suet. Aug. 16; 98; id. Tib. 46; id. Calig. 45; id. Vit. 11; id. Vesp. 4; Inscr. Orell. 723; 750 al.—Hence,

In late Lat., a designation for the occupant of any state office, as, comes scholarum, rei militaris, aerarii utriusque, commerciorum (hence, Ital. conte; Fr. comte).

com-plĕo ( conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. [pleo, whence suppleo, plenus], to fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit., of material objects.

In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.

Alone:

hostes fossam complent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 16; Tac. H. 2, 25:

tune aut inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita conpleta et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

metu, ne compleantur navigia,

Liv. 41, 3, 2:

deducunt socii navis et litora conplent,

Verg. A. 3, 71:

conplebant Laidos aedes (amatores),

Prop. 2, 6, 1:

corpora quae loca complerent,

occupy space, Lucr. 1, 522:

legiones cum loca Camporum complent,

id. 2, 324:

milites complent murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

vigiles domum Flavii complevere,

Tac. H. 3, 69; id. A. 15, 33:

scrobem ad medium,

Col. Arb. 4, 5:

non bene urnam,

Ov. M. 12, 616:

vascula,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

paginam,

to fill out, write full, Cic. Att. 13, 34 fin.:

speluncas, of the winds,

Lucr. 6, 197.—

With abl. of material, etc.:

fossas sarmentis et virgultis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

totum prope caelum... humano genere conpletum est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:

mundum animorum multitudine,

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

bestiis omnium gentium circum conplere,

Liv. 44, 9, 4:

naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt,

id. 42, 62, 6:

Hispanias Gallias Italiam monumentis ingentium rerum,

id. 30, 28, 4:

quos (gradus) ubi accusator concitatis hominibus complerat,

Cic. Clu. 34, 93:

munus Apolline dignum libris,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217:

late loca milite,

Verg. A. 2, 495:

naves serpentibus,

Nep. Hann. 11, 6:

amphoras plumbo,

id. ib. 9, 3:

statuas aëneas pecuniā,

id. ib. 9, 3:

horrea messibus,

Luc. 3, 66:

complentur moenia et tecta maerentium turbā,

Tac. A. 3, 1:

Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant,

id. ib. 14, 61:

virgultibus et cratibus et corporibus exanimis complere lossas,

id. ib. 4, 51; cf.

also: et terrae... stirpium renovatione complentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128.—

With gen.:

conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,

Lucr. 5, 1162.—

Esp.

In milit. lang.

To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up:

legiones in itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

cohortes pro numero militum complet,

Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

legione completā per maniplos,

Sil. 8, 119.—

To man, fill with men:

classem Romanam sociis navalibus,

Liv. 24, 11, 9:

naves colonis pastoribusque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 56; cf.:

has (naves) sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt,

id. ib. 2, 4:

naves bis denas aut plures,

Verg. A. 11, 327 Serv.—

To fill, impregnate:

alias (mulieres),

Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.—

Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).

To fill with light, maké full:

ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

mundum suā luce,

id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

terras largā luce,

id. ib. 2, 19, 43:

orbem (luna),

Tib. 2, 4, 18:

lunae se cornua lumine complent,

Verg. A. 3, 645:

quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),

Lucr. 5, 595.—

To fill with sound, cause to resound, etc., to fill, make full:

omnia clamoribus,

Lucr. 4, 1014:

omnia vocibus,

id. 5, 1065:

nemus querellis,

id. 2, 358; cf.:

nemus timendā voce,

Hor. Epod. 6, 9:

aëra tinnitibus et murmure,

Ov. M. 14, 537:

atria ululatu,

id. ib. 5, 153:

atria fremitu,

id. ib. 5, 3 et saep.:

fremitu aequora,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 37:

aures (sonus),

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

caelum clamore,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 798: aures sermonibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 31: clamor omnia variis terrentium ac paventium vocibus complet, Liv. 5, 21, 11.—

Of odors, etc.:

omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo, vini, unguenti, corporis odore complesset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; cf. Veg. Vet. 1, 17, 3. —

Transf., to cover, overwhelm:

Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,

i. e. to deck, adorn, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:

vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.—

To fill, sate with food or drink:

multo cibo et potione,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

se flore Liberi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8:

haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.—

Trop.

To supply fully, furnish abundantly:

exercitum omni copiā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin. —

To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion:

completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

reliquos (milites) bonā spe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

aliquem gaudio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:

taedio,

Quint. 8, 6, 14:

animos robore,

Luc. 5, 412:

omnia luctu,

Sall. C. 51, 9:

omnia terrore,

Liv. 34, 9, 13:

cuncta pavore,

Curt. 3, 13, 10 al. —With gen.:

aliquem erroris et dementiae,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9:

aliquem flagitii et formidinis,

id. Men. 5, 5, 3.—

To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it:

lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46:

his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis):

nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,

Liv. 23, 35, 15:

studia,

Gell. 13, 5:

conplent ea beatissimam vitam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

summam promissi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116:

rerum humanarum sorte completā,

Curt. 10, 6, 6 al. —

Of time, to finish, complete:

Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,

Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.:

sua fata,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77:

sua tempora,

id. M. 15, 816:

quinque saecula vitae suae,

id. ib. 15, 395:

materna tempora,

i. e. the time of pregnancy, id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311:

semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,

Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a.

Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.—

Trop., complete, perfect:

completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 50, 168.—

* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (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., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).

In gen., of different objects.

To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.

Of things in gen.:

aridum lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:

composita 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.—

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.—

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 raeda componitur una,

Juv. 3, 10.—

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.—

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 virum 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 fortuna mala 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.—

To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.

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, [p. 392] 416:

audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?

id. ib. 15, 530:

divinis humana,

Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—

With acc. and cum:

ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,

Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.

In partic.

Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.

To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.

With ex:

exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,

Sall. J. 18, 3:

genus humanum ex corpore et anima 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. —

With abl.:

mensam gramine,

Sil. 15, 51.—

With acc. alone:

medicamentum,

Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—

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.—

Of words, to compound:

vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—

Of writings, speeches, etc.

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 consulatus 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:

poema,

id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:

senatus 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 vitaque 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 tremula 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.—

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.—

From the notion of closing.

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.—

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 olla nova,

Scrib. Comp. 60:

faenum,

Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:

fructus in urceis, capsellis,

ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—

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 terra,

Sil. 9, 95.—

To lay at rest, compose, quiet.

Of things: omnia noctis erant placida 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.—

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.—

To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.

With personal object:

aversos amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

ceteros clementia,

Tac. A. 12, 55:

comitia praetorum,

id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:

juvenes concitatos,

Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:

barbarum 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.—

Of places, countries, etc.:

C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,

Tac. A. 2, 4:

Campaniam,

id. H. 4, 3:

Daciam,

id. ib. 3, 53.—

With abstr. or indef. objects:

si possum hoc inter vos conponere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:

vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?

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 conposita 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.—

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.—

Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.

In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:

aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,

Verg. A. 1, 697:

ad ictum militaris gladii conposita 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.—

Esp., milit. t. t.:

se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (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 licentia 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.—

Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis 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.—

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 natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,

distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—

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:

utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,

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. —

To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.

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:

conposita atque constituta re publica,

Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:

necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 13, 5:

(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,

Cic. Brut. 22, 87:

tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,

id. Or. 42, 143:

ex sententia 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.—

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. —

To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.

In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] 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 Composita repetantur hora,

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.—

With rel.-clause:

cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,

Liv. 40, 40, 14.—

With inf.:

ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,

Tac. A. 3, 40.—

Pass. impers.:

ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,

Liv. 2, 37, 1.—

With ut and subj.:

compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,

Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —

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.

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... sunchusin 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.—

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 natura compositus,

Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:

arte quadam ab juventa 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:

natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,

Tac. H. 2, 5.—

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.—

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.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,

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.—

De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,

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.

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (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., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).

In gen., of different objects.

To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.

Of things in gen.:

aridum lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:

composita 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.—

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.—

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 raeda componitur una,

Juv. 3, 10.—

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.—

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 virum 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 fortuna mala 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.—

To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.

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, [p. 392] 416:

audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?

id. ib. 15, 530:

divinis humana,

Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—

With acc. and cum:

ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,

Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.

In partic.

Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.

To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.

With ex:

exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,

Sall. J. 18, 3:

genus humanum ex corpore et anima 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. —

With abl.:

mensam gramine,

Sil. 15, 51.—

With acc. alone:

medicamentum,

Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—

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.—

Of words, to compound:

vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—

Of writings, speeches, etc.

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 consulatus 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:

poema,

id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:

senatus 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 vitaque 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 tremula 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.—

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.—

From the notion of closing.

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.—

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 olla nova,

Scrib. Comp. 60:

faenum,

Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:

fructus in urceis, capsellis,

ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—

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 terra,

Sil. 9, 95.—

To lay at rest, compose, quiet.

Of things: omnia noctis erant placida 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.—

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.—

To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.

With personal object:

aversos amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

ceteros clementia,

Tac. A. 12, 55:

comitia praetorum,

id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:

juvenes concitatos,

Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:

barbarum 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.—

Of places, countries, etc.:

C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,

Tac. A. 2, 4:

Campaniam,

id. H. 4, 3:

Daciam,

id. ib. 3, 53.—

With abstr. or indef. objects:

si possum hoc inter vos conponere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:

vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?

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 conposita 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.—

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.—

Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.

In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:

aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,

Verg. A. 1, 697:

ad ictum militaris gladii conposita 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.—

Esp., milit. t. t.:

se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (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 licentia 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.—

Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis 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.—

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 natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,

distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—

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:

utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,

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. —

To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.

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:

conposita atque constituta re publica,

Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:

necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 13, 5:

(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,

Cic. Brut. 22, 87:

tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,

id. Or. 42, 143:

ex sententia 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.—

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. —

To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.

In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] 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 Composita repetantur hora,

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.—

With rel.-clause:

cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,

Liv. 40, 40, 14.—

With inf.:

ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,

Tac. A. 3, 40.—

Pass. impers.:

ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,

Liv. 2, 37, 1.—

With ut and subj.:

compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,

Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —

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.

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... sunchusin 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.—

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 natura compositus,

Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:

arte quadam ab juventa 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:

natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,

Tac. H. 2, 5.—

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.—

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.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,

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.—

De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,

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.

confĕro, contŭli, collātum (conl-), conferre, v. a.

To bring, bear, or carry together, to collect, gather (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

ligna circa casam,

Nep. Alcib. 10, 4:

arma,

Vell. 2, 114, 4:

cibos ore suo (aves),

Quint. 2, 6, 7:

undique collatis membris,

Hor. A. P. 3 al.:

sarcinas in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 24; cf. id. ib. 2, 25:

collatis militaribus signis,

id. ib. 7, 2:

ut premerer sacrā Lauroque collatāque myrto,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 19:

quo (sc. in proximum horreum) omne rusticum instrumentum,

Col. 1, 6, 7:

illuc (sc. in castella) parentes et conjuges,

Tac. A. 4, 46 fin.:

dentes in corpore (canes),

Ov. M. 3, 236:

materiam omnem, antequam dicere ordiamur,

Quint. 3, 9, 8:

summas (scriptorum) in commentarium et capita,

id. 10, 7, 32:

plura opera in unam tabulam,

id. 8, 5, 26:

quae in proximos quinque libros conlata sunt,

id. 8, prooem. 1: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Just. pr. 1; cf. Suet. Caes. 44; cf. I. B. 5. infra.; Quint. 4, 1, 23:

rogus inimicis collatus manibus,

Petr. 115 fin. —

In partic.

To collect money, treasures, etc., for any object, to bring offerings, contribute:

dona mihi,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

contulit aes populus,

Ov. F. 4, 351;

so freq. on monuments: AERE CONLATO,

Inscr. Orell. 3648; 74; Suet. Aug. 59:

EX AERE CONLATO,

Inscr. Orell. 3991:

aurum argentumque in publicum,

Liv. 28, 36, 3:

munera ei,

Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

tributa quotannis ex censu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131:

conferre eo minus tributi,

Liv. 5, 20, 5:

in commune,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 145; id. Quint. 3, 12:

quadringena talenta quotannis Delum,

Nep. Arist. 3, 1:

(pecunia) ad ejus honores conlata,

Cic. Fl. 25, 59:

ad honorem tuum pecunias maximas contulisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:

sextantes in capita,

Liv. 2, 33, 11:

pecunias,

Suet. Caes. 19; id. Aug. 57; 30; Just. 3, 6:

vinum alius, alius mel,

Dig. 41, 1, 7; 47, 7, 3 pr.:

sua bona in medium,

ib. 37, 6, 1 pr.:

magnam partem patrimonii alicui rei,

ib. 50, 4, 5:

cum et Socrati collatum sit ad victum,

Quint. 12, 7, 9.— Absol.:

nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 39.—Hence,

Trop., like the Gr. sumpherô (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. 5.), to be useful, profitable, to profit, serve, be of use to ( = prosum; cf. also conduco, II.; post-Aug., and only in the third person; most freq. in Quint.); constr. with ad, in, the dat., inf., or absol.

With ad:

naturane plus ad eloquentiam conferat an doctrina,

Quint. 2, 19, 1; so id. 1, 8, 7; 2, 5, 1; 3, 6, 7 al.; Cels. 6, 6, 1; Col. 12, prooem. § 6; Suet. Tib. 4.—

With in:

rursus in alia plus prior (exercitatio) confert,

Quint. 10, 7, 26.—

With dat.:

Gracchorum eloquentiae multum contulisse matrem,

Quint. 1, 1, 6; so id. prooem. § 6; 2, 9, 2; 3, 7, 12 al.; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 23, 98, § 261; 29, 1, 6, § 13; Suet. Vesp. 6.—

With subj. inf.:

incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circum obruere,

Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 83.—

Absol.:

multum veteres etiam Latini conferunt, imprimis copiam verborum,

Quint. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 16; 4, 2, 123 al.; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67.—

To bring into connection, to unite, join, connect:

membris collatis, of an embrace,

Lucr. 4, 1101; cf.

ora,

App. M. 5, p. 161, 17:

fontes e quibus collatae aquae flumen emittunt,

Curt. 7, 11, 3: capita, to lay heads together (in conferring, deliberating, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; Liv. 2, 45, 7: pedem, to go or come with one, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 41; so,

gradum ( = congredi),

id. Men. 3, 3, 30; id. Ps. 2, 4, 17; Verg. A. 6, 488.—Of chemical union:

dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem,

Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—

Trop.:

collatis viribus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 17; cf.:

conferre vires in unum,

Liv. 33, 19, 7:

collata omnium vota in unius salutem,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5:

e singulis frustis collata oratio,

Quint. 8, 5, 27; cf. id. 2, 9, 3:

velut studia inter nos conferebamus,

id. 4, prooem. § 1.— So esp. of conferences, consultations, etc., to consult together, confer, consider or talk over together:

si quid res feret, coram inter nos conferemus,

Cic. Att. 1, 20, 1:

sollicitudines nostras inter nos,

id. Fam. 6, 21, 2:

rationes,

id. Att 5, 21, 12: familiares sermones cum aliquo, to unite in familiar conversation with, id. Off. 2, 11, 39:

cum hoc in viā sermonem contulit,

id. Inv. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

cum aliquo aut sermones aut consilia,

id. Phil. 2, 15, 38:

consilia ad adulescentes,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 64; cf.:

consilia dispersim antea habita,

Suet. Caes. 80:

injurias,

to deliberate together concerning, Tac. Agr. 15; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.— Absol.:

omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 8.—With a rel.clause:

fusi contulerimus inter nos... quid finis,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 4:

ibi conferentibus, quid animorum Hispanis esset,

Liv. 27, 20, 4.—

To bring or join together in a hostile manner, to set together (most freq. in milit. lang.):

(Galli) cum Fontejo ferrum ac manus contulerunt,

Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

signa cum Alexandrinis,

id. Pis. 21, 49; cf.:

collatis signis depugnare,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

arma cum aliquo,

Nep. Eum. 11, 5; 3, 6; cf.:

arma inter se,

Liv. 21, 1, 2:

castra cum hoste,

id. 26, 12, 14; cf.:

castra castris,

id. 23, 28, 9; 8, 23, 9; Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114; Caes. B. C. 3, 79:

pedem cum pede,

to fight foot to foot, Liv. 28, 2, 6; cf.:

pede conlato,

id. 6, 12, 10; 10, 29, 6; 26, 39, 12 al.:

gradum cum aliquo,

id. 7, 33, 11:

pectora luctantia nexu pectoribus,

Ov. M. 6, 242:

stat conferre manum Aeneae,

Verg. A. 12, 678:

prima movet Cacus collatā proelia dextrā,

Ov. F. 1, 569:

collatis cursibus hastas conicere,

Val. Fl. 6, 270:

seque viro vir contulit,

Verg. A. 10, 735.— Poet.:

inter sese duri certamina belli,

Verg. A. 10, 147:

contra conferre manu certamina pugnae,

Lucr. 4, 843:

collato Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 379.— Absol.:

mecum confer, ait,

fight with me, Ov. M. 10, 603.—

Transf. from milit. affairs to lawsuits: pedem, to encounter, come in contact with one, to attack:

non possum magis pedem conferre, ut aiunt, aut propius accedere?

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

pedem cum singulis,

Quint. 5, 13, 11; cf. id. 8, 6, 51; cf.:

qui illi concedi putem utilius esse quod postulat quam signa conferri,

Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5.— Poet.:

lites,

to contend, quarrel, Hor. S. 1, 5, 54.—

To bring together for comparison, to compare; constr. with cum, inter se, ad, the dat., or acc. only.

With cum:

quem cum eo (sc. Democrito) conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine sed etiam animi?

Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 115:

ut non conferam vitam neque existimationem tuam cum illius,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 45; id. Sull. 26, 72:

cum maximis minima,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; Quint. 5, 13, 12; 8, 4, 2 al.:

nostras leges cum illorum Lycurgo et Dracone et Solone,

Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 197; cf.:

illa cum Graeciā,

id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; v. also d. —

With inter se (rare):

vitam inter se utriusque conferte,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—

With ad:

bos ad bovem collatus,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 28 Müll.—

With dat.:

tempora praesentia praeteritis,

Lucr. 2, 1166:

parva magnis,

Cic. Or. 4, 14:

alicui illud,

id. Inv. 2, 50, 151:

lanam tinctam Tyriae lacernae,

Quint. 12, 10, 75:

ingenia ingeniis,

Sen. Contr. 5, 33:

illam puellis,

Prop. 1, 5, 7; 1, 4, 9:

nil jucundo amico,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 44:

(Pausanias et Lysander) ne minimā quidem ex parte Lycurgi legibus et disciplinae conferendi sunt,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76; cf. supra, a.—

With acc. only:

tesseram hospitalem,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 88:

conferte Verrem: non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 121:

exemplum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 85; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 14; Ov. M. 7, 696:

nec cum quaereretur gener Tarquinio, quisquam Romanae juventutis ullā arte conferri potuit,

Liv. 1, 39, 4; Suet. Caes. 47:

census,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159.—Of documents:

haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et conlata sunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190.—

With the idea of shortening by bringing together (cf. colligo), to compress, abridge, condense, make or be brief:

quam potero in verba conferam paucissima,

Plaut. Men. prol. 6; cf.:

in pauca, ut occupatus nunc sum, confer, quid velis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 44:

rem in pauca,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 68; and:

in pauca verba,

id. As. 1, 1, 75; id: Pers. 4, 4, 109:

totam Academiam... ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor,

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 1:

ut in pauca conferam,

id. Caecin. 6, 17:

sua verba in duos versus,

Ov. F. 1, 162:

ex immensā diffusāque legum copiā optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros,

Suet. Caes. 44.— [p. 412] *

To join in bringing forward, to propose unitedly (as a law; cf.

fero, II. B. 8. b.): cur enim non confertis, ne sit conubium divitibus et pauperibus,

Liv. 4, 4, 9 Weissenb. ad loc.

(Con intens.) To bear, carry, convey, direct a thing somewhere (in haste, for protection, etc.); and conferre se, to betake or turn one's self anywhere, to go (very freq. and class.).

Prop.

In gen.

With the designation of the goal: quo me miser conferam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

qui cum se suaque omnia in oppidum Bratuspantium contulissent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

se suaque eo,

id. ib. 3, 28:

se suaque in naves,

Nep. Them. 2, 7 al.:

iter Brundisium versus,

Cic. Att. 3, 4 med.; cf.: iter eo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:

suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. B. Alex. 39;

Auct. B. Afr. 60: quos eodem audita Cannensis clades contulerat,

Liv. 23, 17, 8:

parentes illuc,

Tac. A. 4, 46:

se Rhodum conferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213: se Laodiceam, Lent. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 4:

se Colonas,

Nep. Paus. 3, 3:

quo se fusa acies,

Liv. 9, 16, 1 al.:

se ad Tissaphernem,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; so,

se ad Pharnabazum,

id. Con. 2, 1:

se in fugam,

Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: sese in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7 (cf.:

conicere se in pedes,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13).—Of things:

pituita eo se umorve confert,

Cels. 2, 12.—

Absol.:

pulcre haec confertur ratis,

is borne away, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—

Esp., in Ov. M. (cf. abeo, II.): aliquem in aliquid, to change into, transform to something:

aliquem in saxum,

Ov. M. 4, 278: versos vultus ( poet. circumlocution for se) in hanc, id. ib. 9, 348:

corpus in albam volucrem,

id. ib. 12, 145.—

Trop.

In gen., to bring, turn, direct something to; and conferre se, to turn, apply, devote one's self to, etc.:

quo mortuo me ad pontificem Scaevolam contuli,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

(Crassus) cum initio aetatis ad amicitiam se meam contulisset,

id. Brut. 81, 281; id. Fam. 11, 29, 2:

qui se ad senatūs auctoritatem, ad libertatem vestram contulerunt,

id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; id. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

se ad studium scribendi,

id. Arch. 3, 4:

se ad studia litterarum,

id. ib. 7, 16; cf. Suet. Gram. 24:

meus pater eam seditionem in tranquillum conferet (the figure taken from the sea when in commotion),

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 16: verba ad rem, to bring words to actions, i. e. to pass from words to deeds, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 4; id. Hec. 3, 1, 17:

suspitionem in Capitonem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100:

ut spes votaque sua non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures conferret,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum,

id. ib. 15, 68.—More freq., in partic.,

With the access. idea of application or communication, to devote or apply something to a certain purpose, to employ, direct, confer, bestow upon, give, lend, grant, to transfer to (a favorite word with Cic.).

With dat.:

dona quid cessant mihi Conferre?

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 20:

tibi munera,

Prop. 2, 3, 25; Nep. Ages. 7, 3:

victoribus praemia,

Suet. Calig. 20:

puellae quinquaginta milia nummūm,

Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2:

fructum alio,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 60; Dig. 37, 6, 1, § 24.—

With ad and acc.:

hostiles exuvias ornatum ad urbis et posterum gloriam,

Tac. A. 3, 72:

Mithridates omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi contulit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

omne studium atque omne ingenium ad populi Romani gloriam laudemque celebrandam,

id. Arch. 9, 19; id. Fam. 10, 1, 3:

omnem meam curam atque operam ad philosophiam,

id. ib. 4, 3, 4:

omnem tuum amorem omnemque tuam prudentiam... confer ad eam curam,

id. Att. 7, 1, 2:

animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. B. Alex. 9: ad naturae suae non vitiosae genus consilium vivendi omne,

Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:

orationem omnem ad misericordiam,

id. Lig. 1, 1.—

With in:

omnes curas cogitationesque in rem publicam,

Cic. Off. 2, 1, 2:

diligentiam in valetudinem tuam,

id. Fam. 16, 4, 4:

praedas ac manubias suas non in monumenta deorum immortalium, neque in urbis ornamenta conferre, sed, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 23, 60:

in eos, quos speramus nobis profuturos, non dubitamus officia conferre,

id. Off. 1, 15, 48; so,

plurimum benignitatis in eum,

id. ib. 1, 16, 50; id. Lael. 19, 70: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum confert, i. e. assigns to, charges with, Tac. H. 4, 53:

in unius salutem collata omnium vota,

Plin. Pan. 23, 5.—

With erga:

commemoratio benevolentiae ejus, quam erga me a pueritiā contulisses,

Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 1.—

With aliquid ad or in aliquem or aliquid, to refer or ascribe something to a person or thing as its possessor, author (in a good, and freq. in a bad sense), to attribute, impute, assign, ascribe to one, to lay to the charge of:

species istas hominum in deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77:

res ad imperium deorum,

Lucr. 6, 54:

permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo numquam dicta sunt, conferuntur... Stomachor vero, cum aliorum non me digna in me conferuntur,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; id. Fam. 5, 5, 2:

mortis illius invidiam in L. Flaccum,

id. Fl. 17, 41:

suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itinerum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

sua vitia et suam culpam in senectutem,

Cic. Sen. 5, 14:

hanc ego de re publicā disputationem in Africani personam et Phili contuli,

id. Att. 4, 16, 2.—So esp.:

culpam in aliquem,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 156; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 97; Cic. Att. 9, 2, a, 1:

causam in aliquem,

id. ib. 12, 31, 1; Liv. 5, 11, 6; cf.:

causam in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

To transfer to a fixed point of time, fix, assign, refer, appoint, put off, defer, postpone (cf. differo):

Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum,

Liv. 27, 7, 5: in posterum diem iter suum contulit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 3:

omnia in mensem Martium,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 24:

aliquid in ambulationis tempus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

quod in longiorem diem conlaturus fuisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40 fin.:

alicujus consulatum in annum aliquem,

Plin. Pan. 61.—Rarely of place:

idoneum locum in agris nactus... ibi adventum expectare Pompei eoque omnem belli rationem conferre constituit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. —

To bring on, cause, occasion, induce:

pestem alicui,

Col. 1, 5, 4:

candorem mollitiamque,

Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 175.

col-lŏco ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.

With in and abl.:

istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67:

in rostris collocati,

Cic. Sest. 38, 83:

aliquem in cubili,

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

in navi,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

in custodiā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25:

in solitudine,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

uno quidque in loco,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

Herculem in concilio caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

legiones in cervicibus nostris,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74:

legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf.:

exercitum in hibernis,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

me in gremio Veneris,

Cat. 66, 56:

pedem grabati In collo sibi,

id. 10, 23:

insidias bipertito in silvis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,

id. ib. 3, 20:

juvenem in latebris,

Verg. G. 4, 424 al.:

tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61:

supremo In monte saxum,

Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

corpus in vestibulo,

Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23:

praesidia in litore,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names;

of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,

Suet. Aug. 49:

singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,

id. Claud. 25:

se Athenis collocavit,

established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place:

occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9:

ubi iste castra collocarat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —

With in and acc.:

in tabernam vasa et servos,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27:

me in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

eam in lectum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.):

exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,

Sall. J. 61, 2; cf.

supra,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra:

maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,

Cels. 8, 7.—

With simple abl.:

oculos pennis,

Ov. M. 1, 723.—

With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. [p. 368] 2, 1, 24, §

63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,

to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27:

cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,

Sall. J. 51, 3:

legiones propius Armeniam,

Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.:

ipse propior montem suos conlocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

obsides super se,

Suet. Aug. 43:

singulas infra se,

id. Calig. 24:

juxta se,

id. Ner. 13:

circa se,

id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54:

lecticam pro tribunali,

id. Aug. 33.—

Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33:

tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

lecticae collocabantur,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 18:

signum Jovis,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

sedes ac domicilium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6:

postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,

Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.:

constituere impedimenta,

id. 44, 36, 6):

chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,

Ov. M. 2, 734:

collocat hasta sues,

lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10:

reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; so,

ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,

id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.:

vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),

Cat. 61, 184.—

Esp.

To give in marriage:

filiam alicui,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.:

matrem homini nobilissimo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104;

together with in matrimonio,

Dig. 36, 1, 77:

eam in se dignam condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so,

nuptum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.:

virginem,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5:

filiam alicujus,

id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

in collocandā filiā,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

collocantis filiam,

Just. 9, 6, 2.—

Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.:

rem herilem,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2:

in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.:

pecunias in emptiones praediorum,

Dig. 17, 1, 2:

pecunias graviore faenore,

Suet. Aug. 39:

curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,

id. ib. 5, 15:

duas patrimonii partes in solo,

Suet. Tib. 48; cf.:

duas faenoris partes in agris,

Tac. A. 6, 17:

pecuniam idoneis nominibus,

Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,

In gen., to employ, invest money in some way:

patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—

(Like the Gr. protithenai.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum:

aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,

Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—

Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).

In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.

With in and abl.:

illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8:

res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17:

ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,

employed, occupied themselves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.:

totum se in cognitione et scientiā,

id. Off. 1, 44, 158:

sese palam in meretriciā vitā,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

philosophiam in urbibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,

to be placed, deposited, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,

to apply, employ, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29:

spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,

to employ, spend, id. Cael. 17, 39:

bonas horas male,

Mart. 1, 113, 3:

omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,

placed, Cic. Or. 51, 173:

in conspectu,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

famam in tuto,

id. 12, 11, 7. —

With in and acc.:

in otium se,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

homines quattuor In soporem,

to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—

With simple abl.:

et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

ordine collocati sensus,

id. 7, 10, 16. —

With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—

Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.:

rem militarem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3:

aedilitas recte collocata,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12:

vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin. —In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.:

ut apte collocentur (verba),

Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4;

9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),

have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

bene,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.:

ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,

id. Off. 2, 12, 42.

com-plĕo ( conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. [pleo, whence suppleo, plenus], to fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit., of material objects.

In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.

Alone:

hostes fossam complent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 16; Tac. H. 2, 25:

tune aut inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita conpleta et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

metu, ne compleantur navigia,

Liv. 41, 3, 2:

deducunt socii navis et litora conplent,

Verg. A. 3, 71:

conplebant Laidos aedes (amatores),

Prop. 2, 6, 1:

corpora quae loca complerent,

occupy space, Lucr. 1, 522:

legiones cum loca Camporum complent,

id. 2, 324:

milites complent murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

vigiles domum Flavii complevere,

Tac. H. 3, 69; id. A. 15, 33:

scrobem ad medium,

Col. Arb. 4, 5:

non bene urnam,

Ov. M. 12, 616:

vascula,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

paginam,

to fill out, write full, Cic. Att. 13, 34 fin.:

speluncas, of the winds,

Lucr. 6, 197.—

With abl. of material, etc.:

fossas sarmentis et virgultis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

totum prope caelum... humano genere conpletum est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:

mundum animorum multitudine,

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

bestiis omnium gentium circum conplere,

Liv. 44, 9, 4:

naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt,

id. 42, 62, 6:

Hispanias Gallias Italiam monumentis ingentium rerum,

id. 30, 28, 4:

quos (gradus) ubi accusator concitatis hominibus complerat,

Cic. Clu. 34, 93:

munus Apolline dignum libris,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217:

late loca milite,

Verg. A. 2, 495:

naves serpentibus,

Nep. Hann. 11, 6:

amphoras plumbo,

id. ib. 9, 3:

statuas aëneas pecuniā,

id. ib. 9, 3:

horrea messibus,

Luc. 3, 66:

complentur moenia et tecta maerentium turbā,

Tac. A. 3, 1:

Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant,

id. ib. 14, 61:

virgultibus et cratibus et corporibus exanimis complere lossas,

id. ib. 4, 51; cf.

also: et terrae... stirpium renovatione complentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128.—

With gen.:

conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,

Lucr. 5, 1162.—

Esp.

In milit. lang.

To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up:

legiones in itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

cohortes pro numero militum complet,

Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

legione completā per maniplos,

Sil. 8, 119.—

To man, fill with men:

classem Romanam sociis navalibus,

Liv. 24, 11, 9:

naves colonis pastoribusque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 56; cf.:

has (naves) sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt,

id. ib. 2, 4:

naves bis denas aut plures,

Verg. A. 11, 327 Serv.—

To fill, impregnate:

alias (mulieres),

Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.—

Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).

To fill with light, maké full:

ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

mundum suā luce,

id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

terras largā luce,

id. ib. 2, 19, 43:

orbem (luna),

Tib. 2, 4, 18:

lunae se cornua lumine complent,

Verg. A. 3, 645:

quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),

Lucr. 5, 595.—

To fill with sound, cause to resound, etc., to fill, make full:

omnia clamoribus,

Lucr. 4, 1014:

omnia vocibus,

id. 5, 1065:

nemus querellis,

id. 2, 358; cf.:

nemus timendā voce,

Hor. Epod. 6, 9:

aëra tinnitibus et murmure,

Ov. M. 14, 537:

atria ululatu,

id. ib. 5, 153:

atria fremitu,

id. ib. 5, 3 et saep.:

fremitu aequora,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 37:

aures (sonus),

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

caelum clamore,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 798: aures sermonibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 31: clamor omnia variis terrentium ac paventium vocibus complet, Liv. 5, 21, 11.—

Of odors, etc.:

omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo, vini, unguenti, corporis odore complesset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; cf. Veg. Vet. 1, 17, 3. —

Transf., to cover, overwhelm:

Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,

i. e. to deck, adorn, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:

vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.—

To fill, sate with food or drink:

multo cibo et potione,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

se flore Liberi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8:

haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.—

Trop.

To supply fully, furnish abundantly:

exercitum omni copiā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin. —

To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion:

completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

reliquos (milites) bonā spe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

aliquem gaudio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:

taedio,

Quint. 8, 6, 14:

animos robore,

Luc. 5, 412:

omnia luctu,

Sall. C. 51, 9:

omnia terrore,

Liv. 34, 9, 13:

cuncta pavore,

Curt. 3, 13, 10 al. —With gen.:

aliquem erroris et dementiae,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9:

aliquem flagitii et formidinis,

id. Men. 5, 5, 3.—

To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it:

lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46:

his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis):

nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,

Liv. 23, 35, 15:

studia,

Gell. 13, 5:

conplent ea beatissimam vitam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

summam promissi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116:

rerum humanarum sorte completā,

Curt. 10, 6, 6 al. —

Of time, to finish, complete:

Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,

Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.:

sua fata,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77:

sua tempora,

id. M. 15, 816:

quinque saecula vitae suae,

id. ib. 15, 395:

materna tempora,

i. e. the time of pregnancy, id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311:

semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,

Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a.

Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.—

Trop., complete, perfect:

completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 50, 168.—

* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (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., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).

In gen., of different objects.

To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.

Of things in gen.:

aridum lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:

composita 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.—

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.—

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 raeda componitur una,

Juv. 3, 10.—

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.—

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 virum 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 fortuna mala 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.—

To oppose by way of comparison, to compare, contrast.

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, [p. 392] 416:

audes cladi componere nostrae, Nympha, tuam?

id. ib. 15, 530:

divinis humana,

Aus. Ecl. 1, 10.—

With acc. and cum:

ubi Metelli dicta cum factis conposuit,

Sall. J. 48, 1: causam suam cum causa adversarii. Quint. 7, 2, 22.

In partic.

Of the parts of a whole, or of a whole as made up of parts.

To bring together, compose, compound, make up, mix, construct.

With ex:

exercitus ejus conpositus ex variis gentibus,

Sall. J. 18, 3:

genus humanum ex corpore et anima 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. —

With abl.:

mensam gramine,

Sil. 15, 51.—

With acc. alone:

medicamentum,

Col. 6, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 10.—

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.—

Of words, to compound:

vitilitigatores ex vitiis et litigatoribus, Plin. praef. § 32: verba composita (opp. simplicia),

Quint. 1, 5, 3.—

Of writings, speeches, etc.

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 consulatus 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:

poema,

id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 77; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 60:

senatus 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 vitaque 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 tremula 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.—

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.—

From the notion of closing.

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.—

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 olla nova,

Scrib. Comp. 60:

faenum,

Dig. 19, 2, 11, § 4:

fructus in urceis, capsellis,

ib. 33, 7, 12, §1.—

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 terra,

Sil. 9, 95.—

To lay at rest, compose, quiet.

Of things: omnia noctis erant placida 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.—

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.—

To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.

With personal object:

aversos amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 29:

ceteros clementia,

Tac. A. 12, 55:

comitia praetorum,

id. ib. 14, 28; id. H. 1, 85:

juvenes concitatos,

Quint. 1, 10, 32; cf.:

barbarum 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.—

Of places, countries, etc.:

C. Caesar componendae Armeniae deligitur,

Tac. A. 2, 4:

Campaniam,

id. H. 4, 3:

Daciam,

id. ib. 3, 53.—

With abstr. or indef. objects:

si possum hoc inter vos conponere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 23; cf.:

vides, inter nos sic haec potius cum bona Ut componamus gratia quam cum mala?

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 conposita 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.—

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.—

Hence, to set right, to set in or restore to the proper place or condition, to adjust, etc.

In gen., to arrange, adjust, order, set in order:

aulaeis se superbis Aurea sponda, of one's attitude on a couch,

Verg. A. 1, 697:

ad ictum militaris gladii conposita 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.—

Esp., milit. t. t.:

se ad confligendum, Sisenn. ap. Non p. 257, 13: exercitum in hibernaculis, Sali J. 103, 1: in secunda (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 licentia 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.—

Of the order of words in language: quam lepide lexeis 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.—

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 natura horridum... efferabat, componens ad speculum in omnem terrorem,

distorting, Suet. Calig. 50.—

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:

utraque manu ad modum aliquid portantium composita,

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. —

To bring to a particular form or condition, to dispose, arrange, set in order, contrive, devise, prepare.

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:

conposita atque constituta re publica,

Cic. Leg. 3, 18, 42:

necdum compositis maturisve satis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 13, 5:

(diem) totum in consideranda causa componendaque posuisse,

Cic. Brut. 22, 87:

tempus in cognoscendis componendisque causis consumere,

id. Or. 42, 143:

ex sententia 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.—

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. —

To arrange in agreement with others, to agree upon, contrive, devise, invent, conspire to make, etc.

In gen.: eum allegaverunt, suom qui servom diceret Cum auro esse apud me: conposita est fallacia, [p. 393] 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 Composita repetantur hora,

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.—

With rel.-clause:

cum summa concordia, quos dimitterent, quos retinerent, composuerunt,

Liv. 40, 40, 14.—

With inf.:

ii, secretis conloquiis conponunt Gallos concire,

Tac. A. 3, 40.—

Pass. impers.:

ut domi compositum cum Marcio erat,

Liv. 2, 37, 1.—

With ut and subj.:

compositum inter ipsos ut Latiaris strueret dolum,

Tac. A. 4, 68; cf. P. a. subst. —

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.

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... sunchusin 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.—

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 natura compositus,

Auct. Her. 4, 46, 59.— With ad or in and acc., or with dat.:

arte quadam ab juventa 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:

natura atque arte compositus alliciendis etiam Muciani moribus,

Tac. H. 2, 5.—

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.—

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.: compŏsĭtum ( conp-), i, n., that which is agreed, an agreement, compact, etc.; only abl. in the phrases,

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.—

De composito, by agreement, App. Mag. 1, p. 273; and,

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.

com-pōno ( conp-), posui (COMPOSEIVERVNT, C. I. L. 1, 199, 2), positum (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., to put, place, lay, bring or set together, to unite, join, connect, collect, aggregate, compose, to order, arrange, adjust, etc. (class. and very freq.).

In gen., of different objects.

To bring into union, gather, collect, put together.

Of things in gen.:

aridum lignum,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 14:

composita 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.—

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.—

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 raeda componitur una,

Juv. 3, 10.—

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.—

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 virum 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 fortuna mala 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.—