sedate

cōnstanter, Adv. m. Compar. u. Superl. (constans), in gleicher Stellung, in gleicher Haltung, Richtung, Lage usw., sich gleichbleibend, a) in gleicher Haltung, fest, ohne Schwanken, im Bilde, aequaliter constanterque ingrediens oratio (Ggstz. claudicans et quasi fluctuans), Cic. or. 198. – b) in gleicher Richtung, Lage, gleichmäßig (regelmäßig), unabänderlich, einmal wie immer, stellae eosdem cursus constantissime servantes paribus inter se motibus, Cic.: c. in suo manere statu, Cic. – c) in gleichem Fortbestand, von gleichem Bestand, aequabilius et constantius sese res humanae haberent, würden einen gleichmäßigern Gang u. mehr Bestand haben, Sall. Cat. 2, 3. – d) in gleicher Willensrichtung, α) in bezug auf die Denk- u. Handlungsweise, ohne Wanken, ohne Schwanken, gleichmäßig, mit Ausdauer, c. ac non timide pugnare, Caes.: aequabilius atque constantius provinciae regerentur, Tac.: alqam ardentius et constantius amare, Suet.: constantissime retinere amicitias, Suet. – constantius foret, es verriete größere Festigkeit, m. folg. Infin., Tac. – β) in bezug auf den moral. Charakter, mit Festigkeit, standhaft, mit Fassung, c. acta, mit Festigkeit gehaltene Vorträge, Cic.: c. et sedate ferre dolorem, Cic.: c. exordiri carmen, Tac. – e) mit gleichem Inhalt, Gehalt, sich gleichbleibend, im Einklange stehend, übereinstim-

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mend, konsequent, c. omnes nuntia verunt manus cogi, Caes. – bes. in bezug auf Ansichten, Behauptungen, c. sibi dicere, Cic.: dici posse constantius, Cic.: quamquam haec non constantissime dici mihi videntur, Cic.: satisne c. facere videamur, qui etc., Cic.: c. quidem certe (verst. fecit), wenigstens blieb er seinem System treu, Cic.

1. lābor, lāpsus sum, lābī (vgl. griech. ὀ-λιβρός, schlüpfrig u. ahd. slīfan, gleiten), sich auf einer glatten Oberfläche sanft hinbewegen, gleiten, schlüpfen, schweben, hingleiten, hinschlüpfen, hinschweben, u. abwärts = herabgleiten, -schlüpfen, -schweben, u. als Anfang des Fallen = sinken, absol., od. konstr. m. ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex u. m. bl. Abl., I) im allg.: 1) eig.: α) v. lebl. Subjj., zB. v. Schlangen, non squamoso ventre, Prop.: per sinus crebros et magna volumina, Ov.: circa donaria, Ov.: circum tempora, sich schlängeln, Ov.: inter vestes et levia tempora, Ov.: angues lapsi in diversum, Iul. Obsequ.: populus in diversa labitur, verläust sich nach verschiedenen Richtungen, Iustin.: abwärts, montibus, Val. Flacc. – v. Schwimmenden, per aequora, Ov.: in magno mari, Ov.: medio amne, Ov. – v. Schiffenden, rate per aequora, Ov.: aquā, Prop. – v. Fliegenden, auf Fittichen Schwebenden, per auras, Ov.: pennis, entschweben, von Merkur, Verg.: aufwärts, sub sidera, entschweben, Verg.: abwärts, polo, Verg. – vom auf dem Wagen durch die Lüfte fahrenden Mars, pronum per aëra, Ov. – v. Herabsteigenden, per funem demissum labi, Verg.: im Bilde, labi per iter declive senectae, Ov. – v. Herabsinkenden, semianimem od. moribundum ex equo, Liv., suffosso equo, Tac., u. bl.

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equo, Hor.; vgl. multis labentibus ex equis aut desilientibus, Liv.: labi ex rupe, Curt.: ex arbore, Capit.: per gradus, die Stufen hinabfallen, Liv.: super terram, hinsinken, Liv. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: quia continenter laberentur et fluerent omnia, Cic.: in vanum manus lapsa, die einen Fehlhieb getan, Curt.: cum tela de testudine laberentur, Curt.: tum (illud iaculum) leni impetu labitur, gleitet sanft (auf dem Wasser) dahin, Min. Fel. – abwärts, lapsa cadunt folia, Verg.: lapsus ab arbore ramus, Ov.: lapsae lacertis, nullo solvente, catenae, Ov. – v. Kleidern und Waffen, soluta ac velut labens undique toga, Quint.: tergo velamina lapsa, Ov.: labentibus super corpus armis, Liv. – v. Sternen u. dgl., vagā et mutabili ratione, Cic.: advorsum nimbos, Lucr.: caelo, dahingleiten am usw., Verg.: abwärts, ab aethere, Ov.: de caelo, Verg.: ignem de caelo lapsurum, Capit. – v. Schiffen, vadis, Verg. – v. Gewässern, gleiten, dahingleiten, fließen, cum labantur assidue flumina, quaedam concitata rapiantur, Sen.: altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi, Curt.: altis ripis, dahingleiten, Hor.; aber sinistrā ripā, hinwegströmen über usw., Hor.: per CCC stadia, Curt.: sub terras, sub magna terra, Ov.: abwärts, e fontibus, Curt.: diversis de partibus (al. fontibus), Ov.: vertice silvae, Ov.: quantum aquarum per gradus cum fragore labentium, Sen.: zurück, in caput (Quelle) suum retro, Ov.: prius vasto laben-

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tur flumina ponto, quam etc., Prop.: vado labente, die Flut zurück-, abfloß, Tac. – v. Tränen, rinnen, träufeln, in genas, Hor.: per genas in ensem, Ov.: ex oculis, Ov. – v. anderen Flüssigkeiten, fließen, rinnen, träufeln, in proximum mare (vom flüssigen Bernstein), Tac.: truncis cavis, vom Honig, Hor.: quid sit, quod guttatim faciat pluviam labi, Amob.: pressus pavore sanguis tardius labebatur, floß (hervor), Tac. – vom Feuer, in porticus, hinüberschlagen in usw., Tac. – v. Übeln usw., die allmählich in den Körper dringen, sich verbreiten, frigus per artus labitur, Ov.: dolor lapsus ad artus, Verg.: penitus in viscera lapsum serpentis furiale malum, Verg.: somnus labitur in artus, Ov.

2) übtr.: a) gleiten, rinnen, α) v. leb. Subjj.: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertar, ich gerate, ich verliere mich zu weit (in der Rede), Cic.: u. so quin labebar longius, nisi me retinuissem, Cic. – cadere spe dicuntur, qui levati animo a summo ad inferiora labuntur, Donat. Ter. Andr. 3, 5, 12. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: ilico res foras labitur, liquitur, rinnt das Geld ihm aus dem Hause und zerfließt, Plaut.: brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius, Cic.: sunt (vitia) in lubrico incitataque semel proclivi labuntur sustinerique nullo modo possunt, Cic. – v. der Rede, oratio sedate placideque labitur, gleitet (fließt) dahin, Cic. or. 92: prosā incipit (sermo eius), versu

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labitur, pedestri oratione finitur, Hieron. epist. 53, 8. – v. Zeit u. Leben, dahingleiten, entrinnen, verfließen, assiduo labuntur tempora motu, non secus ac flumen, Ov.: labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas, ut celer admissis labitur amnis aquis, Ov.: cito pede labitur aetas, Ov.: tardo pede lapsa vetustas, Ov.: u. so labuntur tempora, anni, lustra, Hor. u.a. Dichter. – b) mit Angabe des Ziels, zu etwas sich hinneigen, in etw. sinken, auf od. in etw. verfallen, geraten, α) v. leb. Subjj.: labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro, fühle mich zur Ansicht des E. hingezogen, Cic.: labi ad illos, qui etc., Cic.: veremini, ne labar ad opinionem, möchte dem Wahne verfallen, Cic.: labi in errorem emendabilem, Liv.: in luxuriam, in segnitiam, Iustin.: in vitium, Hor.: in somnum, in soporem, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: civitatum mores lapsi ad mollitiem, Cic.: omnia in externum lapsa sunt morem, Curt.

II) prägn.: A) = delabi, abgleiten, abkommen, vorbeigleiten, 1) eig.: si viā lapsus est (bildl.), Sen.: cum superiacta tela de testudine laberentur, Tac.: ne adiectae voces laberentur atque errarent, priusquam sensus (auditus) ab his pulsus esset, Cic. – 2) übtr.: hāc spe lapsus, in der Hoffnung getäuscht, Caes.: labi facultatibus, um sein Vermögen kommen, ICt.

B) = ab- od. ausgleiten, straucheln, ausgleitend, strauchelnd fallen, 1) eig.: agaso pede lapsus, Hor. –

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homini nequam lapso et ut allevaretur roganti, ›Tollat te‹, inquit, ›qui novit‹, Quint. – 2) übtr.: straucheln, a) = irre werden, mente, wahnsinnig werden, Cels.: u. so lapsi mente, wahnsinnig (Ggstz. sui compotes), Cels. – labi memoriā, einen Gedächtnisfehler begehen, Suet. – u. geistig od. moralisch irren, fehlen, sich vergehen, erravit, lapsus est, non putavit, Cic.: opinione labi posse, voluntate a re publica dissidere nullo pacto posse, Cic.: in alqa re consilio od. casu lapsum esse, Cic.: consilio id magis quam furore lapsos fecisse, Liv.: labi per errorem, Cic., od. errore, ICt.: labi propter imprudentiam, Cic.: imprudentiā lapsum aliquid facere (Ggstz. scientem aliquid delinquere), Liv.: labi imperitiā, ICt.: in quo vorbo lapsa consuetudo deflexit de via, Cic.: labi in officio, Cic.: in his labi et cadere, Cic.: qua in re si mediocriter lapsus sum, defendes meum tolerabile erratum, Cic.: numquam labere, si te audies, Cic.: qui sero lapsum revocatis, Prop. – b) straucheln = zum Falle geneigt sein, dem Falle nahe sein (s. Halm Cic. Phil. 2, 51), equitem Romanum non libidine, non turpibus impensis atque iacturis, sed experientiā patrimonii amplificandi labentem excepit, fulsit et sustinuit re, fide, hodieque sustinet, Cic.: cum labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire cuperetis, Cic.: ferre praesidium labenti et inclinatae paene rei publicae, Cic.: labente deinde paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: labente iam

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causā decem virorum, Liv.: vidi ego labentes (weichenden) acies et tela caduca, Prop.

C) = elabi, herausfallen, 1) eig.: viscera lapsa, Ov. u. Lucan.: forte lapsa vox, entschlüpfte, entfallene, Tac. – v. Pers., entgleiten, entschlüpfen, e manibus custodientium, Curt.: custodiā, Tac. – 2) übtr.: quam nostro illius labatur pectore vultus, entschwindet, Verg. ecl. 1, 63.

D) herabgleiten, -sinken = schlapp herabhängen, lapsa catena, schleppende, Prop.: tenuata de nexibus membra labuntur, Ps. Quint. decl. – bes. v. Gliedern Sterbender, caput labens et iam languentia colla levat, Lucan.: malae labentes, herabsinkende Kinnladen, Suet.: lapsae genae, Sen. poët. – neutr. pl. subst., firmamenta fluidorum ac labentium, des Schlotterigen u. Schlappen, Sen. ep. 102, 25.

E) sinken, hinsinken, zusammensinken, 1) eig.: α) v. Pers.: calor ossa reliquit, labitur, Verg.: sub onere labitur, erliegt der Last, Petron.: multi sine morte labuntur, Petron. – β) v. lebl. Subjj., u. zwar v. Gebäuden usw., zusammen-, einsinken, vor Alter verfallen, lapso fundamento, Curt.: lapsura domus, Ov.: donec labentes deorum aedes refeceris, Hor. – v. den Augen Schlafender, zufallen, zusinken, labentes ocelli, Prop.: lapsi somno ocelli, Prop. – u. Sterbender, brechen, labuntur frigida leto lumina, Verg.: labentes oculos condere (zudrücken), Ov.: dum laben-

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tes oculi ad nostras exclamationes nostrosque planctus admissā paulatim luce laxantur, Ps. Quint. decl. Vgl. Burmann Ov. am. 3, 5, 1; trist. 3, 3, 44.

2) übtr.: a) sinken = hinschwinden, vom Lebensatem, labens anima, Tac.: labi spiritum nec ultra biduum duraturum, Tac. – dah. v. Sterbenden, denen die Sinne vergehen, in den Tod sinken, sterben, laberis Oebalide, primā fraudate iuventā, Verg.: labimur (mir schwinden die Sinne), i, miseram solare parentem, Stat.: ille oculis extremo errore solutis labitur, Stat. – b) sinken = verfallen, in Verfall geraten, miserere domus labentis, Verg.: u. so labens regia, Iustin.: lapsum genus, Verg.: labente paulatim disciplinā, Liv.: ut magis magisque mores lapsi sint, tum ire coeperint praecipites, Liv.: fides lapsa, Ov. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. labier, Cic. Arat. 226. Lucr. 4, 443. Hor. ep. 2, 1, 94. – Partic, labundus, a, um, hinstürzend, unda sub undis labunda, Acc. tr. 570.

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2. labor, ōris, m. (zu labāre; eigentl. »das Wanken unter einer Last«), die Anstrengung, I) die Anstrengung, etw. zu vollbringen, die Bemühung, Mühe, Arbeit, Strapaze, 1) eig.: a) übh.: labor forensis, Cic.: irritus, Quint. u. Ov.: labor itineris, Cic.: labor viae, Liv.: labores militum, Caes.: labor corporis, animi, Cic.: labor manuum, Hieron.: labor domesticus, Colum.: militiae, Cic. aut belli aut fugae, Caes.: operis (der Belagerung), Caes.: labores belli, Cic.: labores defensionum, Cic. – parvulo labore, Cic.: nullo labore, Cic.: nullo labore tuo, ohne daß es dir Mühe macht, Cic.: sine labore, sine ullo labore, Cic.: sine ullo labore et contentione, Cic.: sine labore ac periculo, Cic.: cum labore, summo cum labore, Cic.: res est magni laboris, Cic.: tot adire labores, Verg.: affecta labore et vigiliis corpora, Liv.: capere tantum laborem, sich so sehr bemühen, Cic.: laborem inanem capere, sich vergeblich abmühen, Ter.: in ea (arte) plus operae laborisque consumpsisse, Cic.: nec animi neque corporis laboribus defatigari, Cic.: demere (alci) laborem militiae, Cic.: unius mensis labor alci detrahitur, Cic.: exanclare talem laborem, Cic., omnes labores, Cic.: exanclatis itinerum laboribus, Amm.: exercere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: apes exercet sub sole labor, Verg.: tot per annos terrā marique tanta pericula ac labores exhausisse, Liv.: inter labo-

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res exhaustos aut mox exhauriendos, Liv.: frustra labore exhausto, Lucan.: magnos esse experiundos et subeundos labores, Cic.: dum adulescentis dextera irrito se labore fatigat, Val. Max.: frangere se tantis laboribus, Cic.: qui partis honoribus eosdem in foro gessi (habe mich unterzogen) labores, quos petendis, Cic.: impenditur labor et sumptus ad incertum casum et eventum quotannis, Cic.: suum laborem hominum periculis sublevandis impertire, Cic.: non plus alci laboris imponere quam sibi sumere, Cic.: eis laborem etiam novum pro portione iniungi, Liv.: quid sumptus in eam rem aut laboris insumpserit, Cic.: operam, studium, laborem interponere pro alqo, Cic.: pugnando fessis laxatur labor, Liv.: ut sibi pro re gesta aliquid laxaret laboris, Liv.: levare alci laborem, Cic.: defensionum laboribus aut omnino aut magna ex parte liberari, Cic.: obire pericula ac labores pariter, Liv.: non parcere labori, Cic. (u. so ne labori suo neu periculo parceret, Caes.): et honoribus amplissimis et laboribus maximis perfunctum esse, Cic.: Hercules perfunctus iam laboribus, Cic.: laborem viae pati posse, Liv.: multis laboribus (unter v. Str.) quaerere alqm. Plaut.: reficere se ex labore, Caes.: ab parvulis labori ac duritiae studere, Caes.: succumbere labori, Caes.: istos labores, quos nunc in naufragiis nostris suscipis, non subisses, Cic.: frustra tantum laborem sumere, Caes.: supersedere hoc labore itineris, Cic.: suscipere labo-

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rem, labores, Cic.: frustra suscipere laborem, sich vergeblich abmühen, Cic.: sustinere forensem laborem propter ambitionem, Cic.: labores, pericula facile tolerare, Sall.: non vitandi laboris mei causā, Cic. – labor est m. Infin., es kostet Mühe (Arbeit), es hat Schwierigkeit, Liv. 39, 1, 5. Plin. 26, 118: u. so maior aliquanto labor est m. Infin., Flor. 2, 2, 4: proximus huic labor est placitam exorare puellam, Ov. art. am. 1, 37: nec magnus prohibere labor, Verg. georg. 4, 106. – b) insbes., Anstrengung, angestrengte Tätigkeit, Arbeitsamkeit (Ggstz. inertia, desidia, requies, quies, otium), verb. industria et labor, summus labor in publicis privatisque rebus, Cic.: vivere in studiis laboribusque, Cic.: labor quaerendi, Erwerbsfleiß, Iustin.: rei militaris labor, Leistungen im Kriegswesen, Nep.: animi labor, geistige Anstrengung, Nep. – als Fähigkeit, Arbeitsfähigkeit, Ausdauer in Arbeit u. Anstrengung, M. Messala magni laboris, Cic.: homo magni laboris summaeque industriae, Cic.: magni formica laboris, die arbeitsame, emsige, Hor.: (iumenta) summi ut sint laboris efficiunt, Caes. – 2) meton.: a) Arbeit, Werk, ita multorum mensium labor hostium perfidiā et vi tempestatis puncto temporis interiit, Caes. b. c. 2, 14, 4: sternuntur segetes longique perit labor irritus anni, Ov.: et pluviā ingenti sata laeta boumque labores diluit, Verg.: artificum manus (verschiedenen Malereien)

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inter se operumque laborem (Bauwerk) miratur, Verg.: hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error, v. Labyrinthe, Verg.: cari uteri labores, v. Kindern, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 194. – b) Unternehmung, Tat, belli, Verg.: von den Kampfspielen, wie πόνος, μόχθος, Hor.: u. von den großen Unternehmungen des Herkules, Hor.: strenui labores (im Kriege), Eutr. – II) Anstrengung, etwas zu überwinden, zu ertragen, Plage, Pein, Not, Ungemach, Drangsal, Mühseligkeit, Unglück, Beschwerlichkeit, a) übh.: scis amorem, scis laborem, scis egestatem meam, Plaut.: cuius erga me benevolentiam vel in labore meo vel in honore perspexi, Cic.: multis variisque perfunctus laboribus, Nep.: quoniam in tantum luctum et laborem detrusus es, quantum nemo umquam, Cic.: breviter Troiae supremum audire laborem, Verg. – poet., labores solis, lunae, Sonnenfinsternis, Mondfinsternis, Verg.: labores Lucinae, die Wehen, Verg. – b) Beschwerde, α) = Krankheit, nervorum, Nervenkrankheit, Vitr.: annuus earum (apium) labor est initio veris, Colum.: mox et frumentis labor additus, ut mala culmos esset robigo, Verg.: valetudo decrescit, accrescit labor, Plaut. – β) = phys. Schmerz, cor de labore pectus tundit, Plaut. Cas. 415: hoc medicamentum sine magno labore circa septimum diem cadere cogit haemorrhoidas, Scrib. Larg. 227. – γ) gemütl. Schmerz, Betrübnis, Kummer (s. Spengel Ter. Andr.

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720. Wagner Ter. heaut. 82), quamquam ibi animo labos grandis capitur, Plaut.: verum ex eo misera quam capit laborem! Ter. – c) eine Last, lapides laborem sustinent od. tolerant, tragen Lasten, sind von dauerhafter Beschaffenheit, Vitr. 2, 7, 2. Plin. 36, 167. – ⇒ Archaist. Nbf. labōs, ōris, m., *Pacuv. tr. 290. Plaut. merc. 72; trin. 271; truc. 521. Ter. Hec. 286. Lucil. 215. Varro sat. Men. 247. Sall. hist. fr. 2, 41 (50), 1 u. 3, 61 (82), 18. Catull. 55, 13. Plin. 6, 60 u. Spät. (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 265). – personif., Labōs, ōris, m., die Mühsal, eine unterirdische Gottheit, Verg. Aen. 6, 277.

placidē, Adv. (placidus), sanft, ruhig, still, friedsam, pultare, leise, Plaut.: ire, sanft, leise gehen, Ter.: manare (v. einem Flusse), Curt.: colles pl. acclives, allmählich sich erhebende, Liv.: placide atque sedate ferre dolorem, Cic.: placidius plebem tractare, Sall.: placidissime respondit, Augustin.

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.