purpose

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

cassus, a, um, adj., empty, void, hollow.

Prop. (syn.: inanis, vacuus; mostly poet.).

Absol.:

nux,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 137; Hor. S. 2, 5, 36:

glans,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 37:

canna,

unfruitful, Ov. F. 6, 406:

granum inane cassumque,

Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 161: anulus, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15. 6.— Subst.: palearum cassa, Sol. c. 52 fin. —

Expressing that of which the subject is empty, etc., wanting, devoid of, deprived of, without.

With abl.: sanguine cassa (cochlea), bloodless, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133; so,

virgo dote cassa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 14:

lumine aër,

Lucr. 4, 368:

lumine corpus,

id. 5, 719; 5, 757:

animā corpus,

id. 3, 562.— Poet.:

cassus lumine (= vitā),

deprived of life, dead, Verg. A. 2, 85; imitated by Stat. Th. 2, 15;

and in like sense aethere cassus,

Verg. A. 11, 104:

simulacra cassa sensu,

Lucr. 4, 127.—

With gen.:

cassus luminis ensis,

Cic. Arat. 369.—

With ab:

elementum ab omnibus,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 46.—

Trop., vain, empty, useless, futile, fruitless (syn.: inanis, irritus): cassum quiddam et inani vocis sono decoratum, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 119; so,

copia verborum,

Lucr. 4, 511:

vota,

Verg. A. 12, 780:

fertilitas terrae,

Ov. M. 5, 482:

fraus,

Luc. 5, 130:

consilia,

Sen. Troad. 570:

viae,

vain, profitless, Stat. Th. 11, 449:

labores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 6:

manus,

without effect, Stat. Th. 9, 770:

augur futuri,

false, erring, id. ib. 9, 629:

omen,

id. ib. 5, 318.— Subst.: cassa, ōrum, n., empty things:

palearum,

Sol. 52;

esp. of speech: cassa memorare,

to talk idly, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 16; so,

cassa habebantur quae, etc.,

were thought vain, futile, Tac. H. 3, 55; Sen. Herc. Oet. 352.— Esp. freq. in poetry (in prose, but not in Cic.), in cassum, or, in one word, incas-sum, adverb., in vain, uselessly, to no purpose:

ex multis omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; cf. Lucr. 2, 1165: temere, in cassum frustraque, without aim or purpose, fortuitously, id. 2, 1060; so id. 5, 1002; 5, 1430:

furere,

Verg. G. 3, 100:

longos ciebat Incassum fletus,

id. A. 3, 345:

tot incassum fusos patiere labores?

id. ib. 7, 421.—In prose:

quae profecto incassum agebantur,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch:

vana incassum jactare tela,

Liv. 10, 29, 2:

incassum missae preces,

id. 2, 49, 8:

aliquid incassum disserere,

Tac. A. 1, 4; Just. 11, 15, 6; Lact. 6, 9, 17; Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1: frustra in cassumque. Mart. Cap. 1, § 10.— Also cassum: quid cassum times? Sen. Herc. Oet. 353; cf.: matên, frustra, nequicquam, cassum, Gloss. Cyrill.

com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,

Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

most freq. in Plaut.): statura,

a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

capillus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 98:

viginti argenti minae,

full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:

talentum argenti,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:

novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:

alimenta,

Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:

capitis valetudo commodior,

more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;

and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,

to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—

Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).

Of things.

With dat.

Of the purpose or use:

curationi omnia commodiora,

Liv. 30, 19, 5:

nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,

Verg. G. 4, 129.—

Of the person:

hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:

quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,

id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:

nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),

Liv. 34, 3, 5:

primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,

Tac. Or. 12:

hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,

Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—

Absol.:

hiberna,

Liv. 42, 67, 8:

longius ceterum commodius iter,

id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:

commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

commodius anni tempus,

Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:

faciliore ac commodiore judicio,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:

mores,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:

proinde ut commodum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:

si id non commodum est,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:

id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—

With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):

nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,

Ov. F. 2, 288.—

With sup. in u (rare):

hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—

Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:

mihi commodus uni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:

quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?

Cic. Mur. 31, 66:

commodior mitiorque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:

Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

convivae,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

commodus comissator,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:

commodus meis sodalibus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:

homines,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:

mulier commoda, Faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:

ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:

spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,

sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,

Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.

A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):

nostrum exspectare,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,

id. ib. 14, 2, 3;

12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,

In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:

etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

quod commodo tuo fiat,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:

ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,

Liv. 42, 18, 3:

tamquam lecturus ex commodo,

Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;

so opp. festinanter,

id. 6, 2, 14.—

Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,

Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:

cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

pacis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:

contra valetudinis commodum laborare,

to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:

mea,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

in publica peccem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

populi commoda,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—

Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,

emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:

emeritae militiae,

id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:

militibus commoda dare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:

tribunatus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

missionum,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—

A useful thing, a good:

commoda vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:

cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 17:

inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,

id. ib. 87, 29. —

Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:

ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,

Liv. 10, 25, 17.—

Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:

qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—

Advv.:

commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).

At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):

ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:

commodum adveni domum,

id. Am. 2, 2, 37:

orditur loqui,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:

ipse exit Lesbonicus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —

To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.

Absol.:

ad te hercle ibam commodum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,

Gell. 2, 2, 2:

si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,

just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —

With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:

postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:

commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,

Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:

adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):

cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,

Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —

commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—

commŏdē, adv.

(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):

suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:

saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:

multa breviter et commode dicta,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:

cogitare,

id. Heaut. prol. 14:

audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

valere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:

feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:

commode facere, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:

commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:

commode facere,

to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.)

Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:

magis commode quam strenue navigavi,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

vos istic commodissime sperem esse,

id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:

hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:

consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:

cui commodissime subjungitur,

id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—

In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:

acceptae bene et commode eximus,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—

(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.

Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:

thermae,

Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —

Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Nonae,

Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,

Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

most freq. in Plaut.): statura,

a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

capillus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 98:

viginti argenti minae,

full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:

talentum argenti,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:

novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:

alimenta,

Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:

capitis valetudo commodior,

more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;

and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,

to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—

Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).

Of things.

With dat.

Of the purpose or use:

curationi omnia commodiora,

Liv. 30, 19, 5:

nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,

Verg. G. 4, 129.—

Of the person:

hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:

quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,

id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:

nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),

Liv. 34, 3, 5:

primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,

Tac. Or. 12:

hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,

Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—

Absol.:

hiberna,

Liv. 42, 67, 8:

longius ceterum commodius iter,

id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:

commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

commodius anni tempus,

Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:

faciliore ac commodiore judicio,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:

mores,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:

proinde ut commodum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:

si id non commodum est,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:

id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—

With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):

nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,

Ov. F. 2, 288.—

With sup. in u (rare):

hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—

Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:

mihi commodus uni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:

quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?

Cic. Mur. 31, 66:

commodior mitiorque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:

Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

convivae,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

commodus comissator,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:

commodus meis sodalibus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:

homines,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:

mulier commoda, Faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:

ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:

spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,

sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,

Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.

A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):

nostrum exspectare,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,

id. ib. 14, 2, 3;

12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,

In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:

etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

quod commodo tuo fiat,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:

ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,

Liv. 42, 18, 3:

tamquam lecturus ex commodo,

Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;

so opp. festinanter,

id. 6, 2, 14.—

Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,

Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:

cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

pacis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:

contra valetudinis commodum laborare,

to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:

mea,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

in publica peccem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

populi commoda,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—

Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,

emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:

emeritae militiae,

id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:

militibus commoda dare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:

tribunatus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

missionum,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—

A useful thing, a good:

commoda vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:

cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 17:

inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,

id. ib. 87, 29. —

Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:

ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,

Liv. 10, 25, 17.—

Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:

qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—

Advv.:

commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).

At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):

ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:

commodum adveni domum,

id. Am. 2, 2, 37:

orditur loqui,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:

ipse exit Lesbonicus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —

To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.

Absol.:

ad te hercle ibam commodum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,

Gell. 2, 2, 2:

si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,

just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —

With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:

postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:

commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,

Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:

adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):

cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,

Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —

commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—

commŏdē, adv.

(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):

suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:

saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:

multa breviter et commode dicta,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:

cogitare,

id. Heaut. prol. 14:

audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

valere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:

feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:

commode facere, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:

commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:

commode facere,

to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.)

Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:

magis commode quam strenue navigavi,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

vos istic commodissime sperem esse,

id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:

hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:

consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:

cui commodissime subjungitur,

id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—

In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:

acceptae bene et commode eximus,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—

(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.

Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:

thermae,

Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —

Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Nonae,

Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

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.

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.