settle+up

to set down, settle.

to arrange, decide, appoint, settle, found, set up.

to set up, place, establish, post, station.

to fix, station, place, cause to stand, set

to decide, determine, settle / to decide to do something

(-cisi -cisum) to cut down, cut off / arrange, settle

to fall down / fall dead, die / sink, fall

to fasten down, make fast, fix / determine settle / appoint

complete, finish, determine, decide, settle.

drive out, force out, exact, demand, sell.

to clear, settle up, consider, think, believe, suppose, judge.

to settle, smooth, calm, allay.

to crouch down, settle, sink, subside / stay remain / lie in ambush

a-scrībo ( ads-, Baiter, Halm, Weissenb., K. and H.; as-, Kayser), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).

In gen.

Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.

Absol.:

non solum illud perscribunt, quod tum prohibiti sunt, sed etiam causam ascribunt cur etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35:

illud minime auguris, quod adscripsit, ob eam causam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 16, 29.—

With dat.:

Terentia salutem tibi plurimam adscribit,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.:

coheredem sibi libertum ejus adscriptum,

Suet. Vit. 14.—

With in with acc. or abl.: hoc tibi respondeo: ascripsisse eundem Sullam in eandem legem: si quid, etc.: nam nisi esset, hoc in omnibus legibus non ascriberetur, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95 (B. and K., in eādem lege):

antiquior dies in tuis adscripta litteris,

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

in alterā epistulā diem non adscribis,

do not add the date, id. Att. 3, 23:

nomen suum in albo profitentium citharoedorum jussit adscribi,

Suet. Ner. 21; id. Tib. 51 al.—Esp. freq. of superscriptions and inscriptions:

Recita epistulam. TIMARCHIDES VERRIS ACCENSVS APRONIO. Jam hoc quidem non reprehendo, quod ascribit ACCENSVS,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66:

non credo ascripturum esse magno,

id. Agr. 2, 20:

novo si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelem suo,

Phaedr. 5, prol. 6:

tumulo publice exstructo adscripserant, pro libertate eos occubuisse,

Suet. Aug. 12 fin.:

ut qui statuarum titulis pronepotem se Q. Catuli Capitolini semper adscripserit,

id. Galb. 2; id. Ner. 45; id. Aug. 70.—

Trop.

To impute, ascribe, attribute to one the cause of something:

hoc incommodum Scipioni ascribendum videtur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49:

panaces diis inventoribus adscriptum,

Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 81;

and (per hypallagen, cf. Rudd. II. p. 393): cur autem ascribimus illum his lacrimis (instead of illi has lacrimas),

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 419; cf. id. Idyll. 6, 81:

nomini meo adscribatur victoria,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 28.—

To place to one's credit, i. e. to settle, fix, designate, appoint:

eidem (servo) adscripsisse legatum,

bequeathed to him, Plin. Ep. 4, 10.— Poet.:

culpam lues, olim cum adscriptus venerit poenae dies,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 8.—

Adscribere sibi aliquid, to apply, refer something to one's self:

qui facere quae non possunt, verbis elevant, Adscribere hoc debebunt exemplum sibi,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 6.—

A.. Esp., t. t., to enroll, enter in a list ( as citizen, soldier, colonist, etc.):

ascribi se in eam civitatem voluit,

to be entered, received as a citizen, Cic. Arch. 4:

si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti fuissent,

id. ib.:

urbanae militiae adscribebatur,

Tac. H. 2, 94:

adscribantur ex Judaeis in exercitu regis ad triginta milia virorum,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 36: adscripti dicebantur qui in colonias nomina dedissent, ut essent coloni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.:

colonos Venusiam adscripserunt,

Liv. 31, 49; so id. 32, 7; 33, 24; 34, 42;

35, 9 al.: coloniam deduxit adscriptis veteranis,

Suet. Ner. 9;

so also of ambassadors,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 16.—

Trop.

To reckon or number in a class, include among:

adscripsit Liber Satyris poëtas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 13:

scribe tui gregis hunc): aliquem ordinibus deorum,

id. C. 3, 3, 35:

nationes Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam, dubito,

Tac. G. 46:

aliquem antiquis temporibus,

id. Or. 17.—

To add or join to:

ad hoc genus ascribamus etiam narrationes apologorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264:

admiratus eorum fidem tyrannus petivit, ut se ad amicitiam tertium adscriberent,

id. Off. 3, 10, 45; so id. Tusc. 5, 22, 63; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5:

tu vero ascribe me in talem numerum,

id. Phil. 2, 13:

suae alicujus sententiam,

id. Opt. Gen. 6:

unus A. Gabinius belli maritimi Cn. Pompeio socius ascribitur, i. e. additur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19 fin. —Hence also of attributes of a deity:

Jovi aquila adscribitur,

is ascribed, Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.

arbĭter, tri, m. [ar = ad (v. ad init.) and bito = eo], orig., one that goes to something in order to see or hear it; hence, a spectator, beholder, hearer, an eye-witness, a witness (class. through all periods; used several times by Plaut., but only twice by Ter.; syn.: testis, speculator, conscius).

In gen.:

aequi et justi hic eritis omnes arbitri,

Plaut. Am. prol. 16:

mi quidem jam arbitri vicini sunt, meae quid fiat domi, Ita per impluvium introspectant,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 3:

ne arbitri dicta nostra arbitrari (i. e. speculari, v. arbitror) queant,

id. Capt. 2, 1, 28; so id. ib. 2, 1, 34; id. Cas. 1, 1, 2; 1, 1, 55; id. Mil. 4, 4, 1; id. Merc. 5, 4, 46; id. Poen. 1, 1, 50; 3, 3, 50; id. Trin. 1, 2, 109:

aut desine aut cedo quemvis arbitrum,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 43:

quis est decisionis arbiter?

Cic. Fl. 36:

ab arbitris remoto loco,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 31:

remotis arbitris,

after the removal of, id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

omnibus arbitris procul amotis,

Sall. C. 20, 1 Corte:

arbitros eicit,

Liv. 1, 41:

remotis arbitris,

id. 2, 4:

sine arbitro,

id. 27, 28:

absque arbitris,

Vulg. Gen. 39, 11:

loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

Cic. Att. 15, 16 B; Just. 21, 4:

secretorum omnium arbiter, i. e. conscius,

Curt. 3, 12, 9:

procul est, ait, arbiter omnis,

Ov. M. 2, 458 (cf. id. ib. 4, 63: conscius omnis abest).—

Esp.

In judic. lang., t. t., prop., he that is appointed to inquire into a cause (cf. adire hiberna, Tac. H. 1, 52, and intervenio) and settle it; hence, an umpire, arbiter, a judge, in an actio bonae fidei (i. e. who decides acc. to equity, while the judex decides acc. to laws), Sen. Ben. 3, 7 (cf. Zimmern, Rechtsgesch. 3 B, § 8; 3 B, § 42; 3 B, § 60 sq., and the jurists there cited).— So in the fragments of the Twelve Tables: JVDICI. ARBITROVE. REOVE. DIES. DIFFISVS. ESTO., ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. reus, p. 227 Müll.: Prae TOR. ARBITROS. TRES. DATO. ap. Fest. s. v. vindiciae, p. 376 Müll., and the ancient judicial formula:

P. J. A. V. P. V. D., i. e. PRAETOREM JVDICEM ARBITRVMVE POSTVLO VTI DET,

Val. Prob. p. 1539 P.:

ibo ad arbitrum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 101; so id. ib. 4, 3, 104:

Vicini nostri hic ambigunt de finibus: Me cepere arbitrum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90 (arbiter dabatur his, qui de finibus regendis ambigerent, Don.); so,

arbiter Nolanis de finibus a senatu datus,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33.—Of the Hebrew judges:

subjacebit damno, quantum arbitri judicaverint,

Vulg. Exod. 21, 22.—Hence, trop.:

Taurus immensus ipse et innumerarum gentium arbiter,

that sets boundaries to numerous tribes, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 97:

arbitrum familiae herciscundae postulavit,

Cic. Caecin. 7: arbitrum illum adegit (i. e. ad arbitrum illum egit; cf.

adigo),

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

quis in hanc rem fuit arbiter?

id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In the time of Cicero, when, acc. to the Lex Aebutia, the decisions were given in definite formulae of the praetor, the formal distinction between judex and arbiter disappeared, Cic. Mur. 12 fin. —

Transf. from the sphere of judicial proceedings, a judge, an arbitrator, umpire, in gen.: arbiter inter antiquam Academiam et Zenonem. Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

Judicet Dominus, arbiter hujus diei, inter etc.,

Vulg. Jud. 11, 27.—So of Paris:

arbiter formae,

Ov. H. 16, 69: pugnae, the judge, umpire of the contest, ho brabeutês, Hor. C. 3, 20, 11:

favor arbiter coronae,

which adjudged the prize of victory, Mart. 7, 72, 10.—

He that rules over, governs, or manages something, a lord, ruler, master (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose; syn.: rex, dominus): arbiter imperii (Augustus), Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 47:

armorum (Mars),

id. F. 3, 73:

bibendi,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 25 (cf. id. ib. 1, 4, 18: nec regna vini sortiere talis, and in Gr. basileus tou sumposiou):

quo (sc. Noto) non arbiter Hadriae Major,

who rules over the sea, id. ib. 1, 3, 15:

arbiter Eurystheus irae Junonis iniquae,

i. e. the executor, fulfiller of her wrath, Ov. H. 9, 45 al. —In prose, Tac. A. 1, 26:

regni,

id. ib. 13, 14, where Halm reads arbitrium:

rerum,

id. ib. 2, 73:

di potentium populorum arbitri,

id. ib. 15, 24:

(JOVI) RERVM RECTORI FATORVMQVE ARBITRO,

Inscr. Orell. 1269 et saep.

a-scrībo ( ads-, Baiter, Halm, Weissenb., K. and H.; as-, Kayser), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).

In gen.

Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.

Absol.:

non solum illud perscribunt, quod tum prohibiti sunt, sed etiam causam ascribunt cur etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35:

illud minime auguris, quod adscripsit, ob eam causam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 16, 29.—

With dat.:

Terentia salutem tibi plurimam adscribit,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.:

coheredem sibi libertum ejus adscriptum,

Suet. Vit. 14.—

With in with acc. or abl.: hoc tibi respondeo: ascripsisse eundem Sullam in eandem legem: si quid, etc.: nam nisi esset, hoc in omnibus legibus non ascriberetur, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95 (B. and K., in eādem lege):

antiquior dies in tuis adscripta litteris,

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

in alterā epistulā diem non adscribis,

do not add the date, id. Att. 3, 23:

nomen suum in albo profitentium citharoedorum jussit adscribi,

Suet. Ner. 21; id. Tib. 51 al.—Esp. freq. of superscriptions and inscriptions:

Recita epistulam. TIMARCHIDES VERRIS ACCENSVS APRONIO. Jam hoc quidem non reprehendo, quod ascribit ACCENSVS,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66:

non credo ascripturum esse magno,

id. Agr. 2, 20:

novo si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelem suo,

Phaedr. 5, prol. 6:

tumulo publice exstructo adscripserant, pro libertate eos occubuisse,

Suet. Aug. 12 fin.:

ut qui statuarum titulis pronepotem se Q. Catuli Capitolini semper adscripserit,

id. Galb. 2; id. Ner. 45; id. Aug. 70.—

Trop.

To impute, ascribe, attribute to one the cause of something:

hoc incommodum Scipioni ascribendum videtur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49:

panaces diis inventoribus adscriptum,

Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 81;

and (per hypallagen, cf. Rudd. II. p. 393): cur autem ascribimus illum his lacrimis (instead of illi has lacrimas),

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 419; cf. id. Idyll. 6, 81:

nomini meo adscribatur victoria,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 28.—

To place to one's credit, i. e. to settle, fix, designate, appoint:

eidem (servo) adscripsisse legatum,

bequeathed to him, Plin. Ep. 4, 10.— Poet.:

culpam lues, olim cum adscriptus venerit poenae dies,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 8.—

Adscribere sibi aliquid, to apply, refer something to one's self:

qui facere quae non possunt, verbis elevant, Adscribere hoc debebunt exemplum sibi,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 6.—

A.. Esp., t. t., to enroll, enter in a list ( as citizen, soldier, colonist, etc.):

ascribi se in eam civitatem voluit,

to be entered, received as a citizen, Cic. Arch. 4:

si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti fuissent,

id. ib.:

urbanae militiae adscribebatur,

Tac. H. 2, 94:

adscribantur ex Judaeis in exercitu regis ad triginta milia virorum,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 36: adscripti dicebantur qui in colonias nomina dedissent, ut essent coloni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.:

colonos Venusiam adscripserunt,

Liv. 31, 49; so id. 32, 7; 33, 24; 34, 42;

35, 9 al.: coloniam deduxit adscriptis veteranis,

Suet. Ner. 9;

so also of ambassadors,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 16.—

Trop.

To reckon or number in a class, include among:

adscripsit Liber Satyris poëtas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 13:

scribe tui gregis hunc): aliquem ordinibus deorum,

id. C. 3, 3, 35:

nationes Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam, dubito,

Tac. G. 46:

aliquem antiquis temporibus,

id. Or. 17.—

To add or join to:

ad hoc genus ascribamus etiam narrationes apologorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264:

admiratus eorum fidem tyrannus petivit, ut se ad amicitiam tertium adscriberent,

id. Off. 3, 10, 45; so id. Tusc. 5, 22, 63; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5:

tu vero ascribe me in talem numerum,

id. Phil. 2, 13:

suae alicujus sententiam,

id. Opt. Gen. 6:

unus A. Gabinius belli maritimi Cn. Pompeio socius ascribitur, i. e. additur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19 fin. —Hence also of attributes of a deity:

Jovi aquila adscribitur,

is ascribed, Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.

cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].

Lit.

In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

Verg. G. 4, 80:

nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

Lucr. 6, 258:

cadit in terras vis flammea,

id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

in patrios pedes,

Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

Liv. 1, 58, 11:

cadit in vultus,

Ov. M. 5, 292:

in pectus,

id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

ad terras,

Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

ad terram,

Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

a summo cadere,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

a mento cadit manus,

Ov. F. 3, 20:

aves ab alto,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

Lucr. 6, 824:

ex arbore,

Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

cecidisse de equo dicitur,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cadere de equo,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

de manibus arma cecidissent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

Verg. E. 1, 84:

de caelo,

Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

de matre (i. e. nasci),

Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 2, 222:

per aquas,

id. 2, 230:

per salebras altaque saxa,

Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

folia nunc cadunt,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

id. 6, 415:

cadens nix,

id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

cadentem Sustinuisse,

id. M. 8, 148:

saepius, of epileptics,

Plin. Val. 12, 58:

casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.—

Esp.

Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

soli subjecta cadenti arva,

Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

Arcturus cadens,

id. C. 3, 1, 27.—

To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

dentes cadere imperat aetas,

Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

barba,

Verg. E. 1, 29:

quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

Ov. M. 7, 541:

saetae,

id. ib. 14, 303:

quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

poma,

Ov. M. 7, 586:

cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

id. ib. 14, 350:

elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

id. ib. 9, 571:

et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

id. ib. 4, 229.—

Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

flumina in pontum cadent,

Sen. Med. 406:

flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

Curt. 6, 4, 6.—

Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

illud, quod cecidit forte,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—

Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—

Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—

In a more restricted sense.

To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

cadere in plano,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

deorsum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

uspiam,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

Quint. 8, 5, 32:

sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

Suet. Caes. 82:

cadere supinus,

id. Aug. 43 fin.:

in pectus pronus,

Ov. M. 4, 579:

cadunt toti montes,

Lucr. 6, 546:

radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

Cat. 64, 109:

concussae cadunt urbes,

Lucr. 5, 1236:

casura moenia Troum,

Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

ceciderunt artus,

id. 3, 453:

sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

patriae cecidere manus,

Verg. A. 6, 33:

cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

cecidere illis animique manusque,

Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—

In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

pauci de nostris cadunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

per acies,

Tac. A. 1, 2:

pro patriā,

Quint. 2, 15, 29:

ante diem,

Verg. A. 4, 620:

bipenni,

Ov. M. 12, 611:

ense,

Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

inque pio cadit officio,

Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

suā manu cecidit,

fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

exitu voluntario,

id. H. 1, 40:

muliebri fraude cadere,

id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

manu femineā,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

femineo Marte,

Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—

Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

Verg. A. 1, 334:

si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—

In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—

Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.

Trop.

To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

sub sensus cadere nostros,

i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

sub sensum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

sub oculos,

id. Or. 3, 9:

in conspectum,

to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

sub aurium mensuram,

id. Or. 20, 67:

sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

ad servitia,

Liv. 1, 40, 3:

utrorum ad regna,

Lucr. 3, 836; so,

sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

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

in potestatem unius,

id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

in cogitationem,

to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

in hominum disceptationem,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

in deliberationem,

id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

in offensionem alicujus,

id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

in morbum,

id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

in suspitionem alicujus,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

in calumniam,

Quint. 9, 4, 57:

abrupte cadere in narrationem,

id. 4, 1, 79:

in peccatum,

Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—

In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

id. Or. 56, 188:

neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

id. 2, 17, 32:

in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—

To fall upon a definite time (rare):

considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—

(Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).

Alicui:

nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

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

sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

Verg. G. 4, 165:

haec aliis maledicta cadant,

Tib. 1, 6, 85:

neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

Prop. 1, 10, 24:

ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—

Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

Flor. 2, 4, 5:

cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

multa. fortuito in melius casura,

Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

si non omnia caderent secunda,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—

With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

omnia in cassum cadunt,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

ad irritum cadens spes,

Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

in irritum,

id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

Liv. 2, 31, 5:

haud irritae cecidere minae,

id. 6, 35, 10.—

To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

cadunt vires,

Lucr. 5, 410:

mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),

To lose all one ' s strength, worth, value, etc., to fall, to perish, vanish, decay, cease.

In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

tanta civitas, si cadet,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 13:

non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

animus,

to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

tam graviter,

id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

Cic. Or. 28, 98:

alte enim cadere non potest,

id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

causā cadere,

Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

formulā cadere,

Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

cadere,

Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

criminibus repetundarum,

id. ib. 1, 77:

conjurationis crimine,

id. A. 6, 14:

ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

Ov. M. 13, 435:

omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

Prop. 1, 16, 34:

multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—

Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

Ov. M. 8, 2:

ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

Liv. 29, 27, 10:

cadente jam Euro,

id. 25, 27, 11:

venti vis omnis cecidit,

id. 26, 39, 8:

ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

Verg. A. 1, 154:

ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—

Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

apto cadens oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 32:

numerus opportune cadens,

id. 9, 4, 27:

ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

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.

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):

oppida,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

urbem,

Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:

arces,

Verg. E. 2, 61:

locum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:

civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

regna,

Just. 2, 1 init.:

imperium Poenorum,

id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—

Transf. to the inhabitants:

Romanam gentem,

Verg. A. 1, 33:

genus hominum,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:

optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,

they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —

Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:

aram,

Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:

sepulcrum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—

Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,

carmen,

Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:

poëma,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:

longas Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14:

bella,

Verg. E. 6, 7:

Caesaris acta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 336:

proelia,

Stat. Th. 1, 8:

festa numeris,

Ov. F. 6, 24:

alterum satirae genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 95:

aliqua in hac materiā,

id. 3, 1, 19:

prosam orationem,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:

historiam,

id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:

aliquid annalibus,

id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

praecepta medendi,

id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:

laudes alicujus,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,

Absol.:

si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—

Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:

jusjurandum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 793:

collegium novum,

Liv. 5, 52, 11:

morem,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

nova fata,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

aeternam famam ingenio suo,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,

nomen memorandum,

Sil. 4, 37:

militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:

portenta sua,

to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:

naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,

Dig. 19, 5, 4.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).

In gen.

Prop.

Aliquid:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

frumentum,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,

id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;

Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

aliquid proprio horreo,

id. C. 1, 1, 9:

Sabinum testā levi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 3:

pressa mella puris amphoris,

id. Epod. 2, 15:

messem,

Tib. 1, 1, 42:

fruges,

Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—

With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):

minas viginti in crumenam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:

mustum in dolium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:

cineres in urnas,

Suet. Calig. 15:

barbam in auream pyxidem,

id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:

legem in aerarium,

id. ib. 28:

libri in sacrarium conditi,

Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.

the foll.: te in pistrinum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:

aliquem in custodiam,

Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:

aliquem in carcerem,

to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;

45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,

id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:

argentum intro,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:

sortes eo,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:

litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,

to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:

se (aves) in foliis,

Verg. G. 4, 473:

novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:

condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,

Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:

id domi nostrae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—

Trop.: teneo omnia;

in pectore condita sunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:

mandata corde memori,

Cat. 64, 231:

tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

in causis conditae sunt res futurae,

lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,

Esp.,

In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):

lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),

Cato, R. R. 117:

ficus in orcas,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

fructum in cados,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

corna in liquidā faece,

Ov. M. 8, 666:

oleum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

In medic. lang., to set:

ossa,

Cels. 8, 23:

calcem,

id. 8, 22:

articulum,

id. 8, 24.—

To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):

mortuos cerā circumlitos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

aliquem sepulcro,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:

ossa parentis terrā,

Verg. A. 5, 48; so,

aliquem terrā,

Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:

corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:

fraternas umbras tumulo,

Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:

ossa peregrinā ripā,

Ov. M. 2, 337:

in Tomitanā condar humo?

id. P. 3, 1, 6:

inhumatos Manes,

Luc. 9, 151:

Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,

brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:

patrem,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:

fulgura publica condere,

Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:

Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,

Luc. 1, 606 sq. —

Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:

saecla vivendo,

Lucr. 3, 1090:

longos soles cantando,

Verg. E. 9, 52:

cum referetque diem condetque relatum,

i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:

diem collibus in suis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:

diem,

Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:

noctem,

Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—

Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:

Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,

Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:

quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 434; so,

lunam (nubes),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:

aliquid jocoso furto,

id. ib. 1, 10, 8:

vultus,

Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:

vultum aequore,

id. ib. 11, 255:

enses,

to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

ferrum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:

gladium,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

15: scuta latentia,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

oculos,

to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,

lumina,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:

se in viscera (terrae),

Ov. M. 2, 274:

se sub lectum,

Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:

nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,

i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:

ibi Dahas condidit,

id. 7, 7, 32:

(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,

concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:

fera murmura,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:

iram,

Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:

his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,

Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:

huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,

id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:

luna condita tenebris,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

aliquid alvo,

to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—

Poet.

To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):

ensem in pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 392:

digitos in lumina,

id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;

5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,

Verg. A. 9, 348:

telum jugulo,

Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:

nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,

Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Trop.:

stimulos caecos in pectore,

Ov. M. 1, 727.—

To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:

navita condit urbes,

Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):

praecordia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:

oculi,

deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—

condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):

oppida,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

urbem,

Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:

arces,

Verg. E. 2, 61:

locum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:

civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

regna,

Just. 2, 1 init.:

imperium Poenorum,

id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—

Transf. to the inhabitants:

Romanam gentem,

Verg. A. 1, 33:

genus hominum,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:

optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,

they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —

Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:

aram,

Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:

sepulcrum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—

Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,

carmen,

Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:

poëma,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:

longas Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14:

bella,

Verg. E. 6, 7:

Caesaris acta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 336:

proelia,

Stat. Th. 1, 8:

festa numeris,

Ov. F. 6, 24:

alterum satirae genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 95:

aliqua in hac materiā,

id. 3, 1, 19:

prosam orationem,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:

historiam,

id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:

aliquid annalibus,

id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

praecepta medendi,

id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:

laudes alicujus,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,

Absol.:

si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—

Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:

jusjurandum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 793:

collegium novum,

Liv. 5, 52, 11:

morem,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

nova fata,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

aeternam famam ingenio suo,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,

nomen memorandum,

Sil. 4, 37:

militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:

portenta sua,

to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:

naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,

Dig. 19, 5, 4.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).

In gen.

Prop.

Aliquid:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

frumentum,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,

id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;

Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

aliquid proprio horreo,

id. C. 1, 1, 9:

Sabinum testā levi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 3:

pressa mella puris amphoris,

id. Epod. 2, 15:

messem,

Tib. 1, 1, 42:

fruges,

Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—

With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):

minas viginti in crumenam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:

mustum in dolium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:

cineres in urnas,

Suet. Calig. 15:

barbam in auream pyxidem,

id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:

legem in aerarium,

id. ib. 28:

libri in sacrarium conditi,

Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.

the foll.: te in pistrinum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:

aliquem in custodiam,

Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:

aliquem in carcerem,

to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;

45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,

id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:

argentum intro,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:

sortes eo,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:

litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,

to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:

se (aves) in foliis,

Verg. G. 4, 473:

novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:

condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,

Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:

id domi nostrae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—

Trop.: teneo omnia;

in pectore condita sunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:

mandata corde memori,

Cat. 64, 231:

tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

in causis conditae sunt res futurae,

lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,

Esp.,

In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):

lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),

Cato, R. R. 117:

ficus in orcas,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

fructum in cados,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

corna in liquidā faece,

Ov. M. 8, 666:

oleum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

In medic. lang., to set:

ossa,

Cels. 8, 23:

calcem,

id. 8, 22:

articulum,

id. 8, 24.—

To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):

mortuos cerā circumlitos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

aliquem sepulcro,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:

ossa parentis terrā,

Verg. A. 5, 48; so,

aliquem terrā,

Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:

corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:

fraternas umbras tumulo,

Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:

ossa peregrinā ripā,

Ov. M. 2, 337:

in Tomitanā condar humo?

id. P. 3, 1, 6:

inhumatos Manes,

Luc. 9, 151:

Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,

brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:

patrem,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:

fulgura publica condere,

Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:

Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,

Luc. 1, 606 sq. —

Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:

saecla vivendo,

Lucr. 3, 1090:

longos soles cantando,

Verg. E. 9, 52:

cum referetque diem condetque relatum,

i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:

diem collibus in suis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:

diem,

Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:

noctem,

Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—

Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:

Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,

Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:

quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 434; so,

lunam (nubes),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:

aliquid jocoso furto,

id. ib. 1, 10, 8:

vultus,

Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:

vultum aequore,

id. ib. 11, 255:

enses,

to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

ferrum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:

gladium,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

15: scuta latentia,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

oculos,

to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,

lumina,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:

se in viscera (terrae),

Ov. M. 2, 274:

se sub lectum,

Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:

nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,

i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:

ibi Dahas condidit,

id. 7, 7, 32:

(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,

concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:

fera murmura,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:

iram,

Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:

his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,

Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:

huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,

id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:

luna condita tenebris,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

aliquid alvo,

to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—

Poet.

To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):

ensem in pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 392:

digitos in lumina,

id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;

5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,

Verg. A. 9, 348:

telum jugulo,

Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:

nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,

Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Trop.:

stimulos caecos in pectore,

Ov. M. 1, 727.—

To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:

navita condit urbes,

Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):

praecordia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:

oculi,

deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—

condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.

con-firmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make firm, establish, strengthen, confirm (class., esp. in prose).

In gen. (prop. and trop.):

stipites confirmare et stabilire,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73:

ali hōc vires nervosque confirmari putant,

id. ib. 6, 21:

dentis mobilis,

Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf. Scrib. Comp. 57; 59 sq.:

confirmare et densare defluentem capillum,

Plin. 25, 11, 83, § 132:

crus debile,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf. id. Aug. 80:

maxime religando confirmant parietum soliditatem,

Vitr. 2, 8, 7:

castellum magnis munitionibus multisque tormentis, Auct. B. Alex. 21, 5: intestina,

i. e. to heal, cure, Cels. 4, 19:

cicatriculam,

id. 2, 10 fin.: se, to recover physically, to grow well (corresp. with convalescere), Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2; 16, 3, 1; 16, 4, 4; 16, 1, 1.— Transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 3, 4:

valetudinem,

Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2:

pacem et amicitiam cum proximis civitatibus,

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

confirmare societatem datā ac acceptā fide,

Sall. C. 44, 3:

opes factionis,

id. ib. 32, 2; cf.:

viris suas,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

suam manum,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

se transmarinis auxiliis,

Caes. B. C. 1, 29:

conjurationem,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

regnum Persarum,

id. Milt. 3, 5; so,

regnum,

Suet. Caes. 9:

imperium,

id. Vit. 9:

decreta,

to confirm, Nep. Phoc. 3, 2:

acta Caesaris,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, C, 12:

acta alicujus in transmarinis provinciis,

Vell. 2, 44, 2:

beneficia edicto,

Suet. Tit. 8:

provinciam a Caesare datam,

id. Aug. 10.—

Esp.

To confirm or strengthen courage, to instil courage into one, to encourage, inspirit, animate, embolden:

animum meum,

to take heart, take courage, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 1:

animum sapientissimi hominis,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2; id. Quint. 24, 77:

maximi animi hominem,

id. ib. 4, 8, 1:

animos ratione,

Lucr. 1, 426:

confirmare et excitare afflictos animos bonorum,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

animos Gallorum verbis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33; Sall. C. 46, 3:

vacillantium gentium animos,

Vell. 2, 120, 1:

suos ad dimicandum animo,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49:

milites,

id. ib. 5, 52:

timentes,

id. ib. 7, 7; cf.:

diffidentem rebus suis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23:

territos,

Sall. J. 38, 5:

perterritos,

Suet. Caes. 66; id. Aug. 43:

Massilienses obsidione laborantes adventu suo,

id. Ner. 2:

animum suum ad virtutem,

Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31 Klotz (al. conformavit):

nepotem suum ad successionem imperii,

Suet. Tib. 55 fin.:

nunc erige te et confirma,

take courage, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:

cum ipse te confirmasses,

hast acquired courage, id. Quint. 11, 39; cf.:

confirmant ipsi se,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95; Caes. B. G. 2, 19; id. B. C. 1, 14 al.:

eos multa pollicendo confirmat, uti Romam pergerent,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

alius alium confirmare, ne nomina darent,

Liv. 2, 24, 2.— Aliquem alicui rei: gladiatores Lentulus libertati confirmat, encourages them to freedom, i. e. incites them to make themselves worthy of freedom, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4 dub. (Dinter and Kraner:

spe libertatis).—With abstr. objects: reliqui temporis spem,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

spem alicujus,

Suet. Calig. 12:

suspitionem,

id. Tib. 52; cf.:

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2.—

To confirm one in his disposition or feelings, in his fidelity (rare):

insulas bene animatas,

Nep. Cim. 2, 4:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

Gallias,

Vell. 2, 120.—

To confirm, give full assurance of, a fact, corroborate an assertion, settle, fix, establish, to prove, demonstrate the truth of a thing, etc. (very freq.):

confirmare nostra argumentis ac rationibus, deinde contraria refutare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80;

so opp. refutare,

Quint. 5, prooem. § 2; 5, 13, 53; cf.

opp. refellere,

id. 3, 9, 6; 12, 1, 45;

opp. diluere,

id. 9, 2, 80:

confirmare aut infirmare rem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49:

divinationem,

id. Div. 1, 32, 71; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 78:

quorum omnium testimoniis de hac Dionis pecuniā confirmatum est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 23:

crimen commenticium,

id. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

haec istius vituperatio atque infamia confirmabatur eorum sermone, qui, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:

perjurium,

id. ib. 2, 4, 9, §

19: iste locus est tibi etiam atque etiam confirmandus,

id. Fin. 5, 32, 95:

his rebus confirmatis,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6 Kraner ad loc. —With acc. and inf., Lucr. 2, 185; cf. id. 2, [p. 415] 179; 5, 198.— Pass. impers., with ne:

sanctissimo jurejurando confirmari oportere, ne tecto recipiatur, qui non, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

hoc idem visum esse ex superioribus castellis confirmaverunt,

id. B. C. 3, 67; cf.:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim Confirmare, nequaquam esse creatam, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 179.—Hence,

To assert, affirm, protest something as true or certain; constr. with acc., acc. and inf., or de:

hoc cum mihi non modo confirmasset, sed etiam persuasisset,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

talem exsistere eloquentiam non potuisse confirmo,

id. de Or. 2, 2, 6.—So with acc. and inf., Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 50; cf.:

illud se polliceri et jurejurando confirmare, tutum iter per fines suos daturum,

Caes. B. G. 5, 27:

confirmare, fidem publicam per sese inviolatam fore,

Sall. J. 33, 3:

memini me audire te de glorioso et celeri reditu meo confirmare,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 2.—So with de, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1; id. Arch. 7, 15.—Hence, confirmātus, a, um, P. a.

(In acc. with II. A.) Encouraged, courageous, resolute:

animus certus et confirmatus,

Cic. Quint. 24, 77; so,

sensus rectus et confirmatus,

id. Fam. 1, 8, 2:

confirmatiorem exercitum efficere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84.—

(Acc. to II. C.) Asserted, affirmed:

in quibus (litteris) erat confirmatius idem illud, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 15, 1.—

(Proved; hence,) Certain, credible:

quod eo confirmatius erit, si, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 35: fides confirmatissima, most fixed, Porph. ad Hor. S. 1, 5, 27.—

* Adv.: confirmātē (in acc. with I.), firmly, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16.

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.—