compono

compono

See also: compoño

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der.
Proto-Italic *sinō
Proto-Italic *pozinō
Old Latin *poznō
Latin pōnō
Latin compōnō

    From con- + pōnō (“put”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    compōnō (present infinitive compōnere, perfect active composuī or composīvī, supine compositum or compostum); third conjugation

    1. to arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order
      Synonyms: īnstruō, parō
    2. to construct, build
      Synonyms: aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, condō, struō, cōnstruō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
    3. to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile
      Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mānsuēfaciō, permulceō, mītigō, plācō, sōpiō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
      Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
    4. (Medieval Latin) to pay amends
      Synonym: expleō

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of compōnō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present compōnō compōnis compōnit compōnimus compōnitis compōnunt
    imperfect compōnēbam compōnēbās compōnēbat compōnēbāmus compōnēbātis compōnēbant
    future compōnam compōnēs compōnet compōnēmus compōnētis compōnent
    perfect composuī,
    composīvī     		composuistī,
    composīvistī,
    composīstī1     		composuit,
    composīvit,
    composīt1     		composuimus,
    composīvimus,
    composīmus1     		composuistis,
    composīvistis,
    composīstis1     		composuērunt,
    composuēre,
    composīvērunt,
    composīrunt,
    composīvēre1
    pluperfect composueram,
    composīveram,
    composīram1     		composuerās,
    composīverās,
    composīrās1     		composuerat,
    composīverat,
    composīrat1     		composuerāmus,
    composīverāmus,
    composīrāmus1     		composuerātis,
    composīverātis,
    composīrātis1     		composuerant,
    composīverant,
    composīrant1
    future perfect composuerō,
    composīverō,
    composīrō1     		composueris,
    composīveris,
    composīris1     		composuerit,
    composīverit,
    composīrit1     		composuerimus,
    composīverimus,
    composīrimus1     		composueritis,
    composīveritis,
    composīritis1     		composuerint,
    composīverint,
    composīrint1
    passive present compōnor compōneris,
    compōnere     		compōnitur compōnimur compōniminī compōnuntur
    imperfect compōnēbar compōnēbāris,
    compōnēbāre     		compōnēbātur compōnēbāmur compōnēbāminī compōnēbantur
    future compōnar compōnēris,
    compōnēre     		compōnētur compōnēmur compōnēminī compōnentur
    perfect compositus or compostus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect compositus or compostus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect compositus or compostus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present compōnam compōnās compōnat compōnāmus compōnātis compōnant
    imperfect compōnerem compōnerēs compōneret compōnerēmus compōnerētis compōnerent
    perfect composuerim,
    composīverim,
    composīrim1     		composuerīs,
    composīverīs,
    composīrīs1     		composuerit,
    composīverit,
    composīrit1     		composuerīmus,
    composīverīmus,
    composīrīmus1     		composuerītis,
    composīverītis,
    composīrītis1     		composuerint,
    composīverint,
    composīrint1
    pluperfect composuissem,
    composīvissem,
    composīssem1     		composuissēs,
    composīvissēs,
    composīssēs1     		composuisset,
    composīvisset,
    composīsset1     		composuissēmus,
    composīvissēmus,
    composīssēmus1     		composuissētis,
    composīvissētis,
    composīssētis1     		composuissent,
    composīvissent,
    composīssent1
    passive present compōnar compōnāris,
    compōnāre     		compōnātur compōnāmur compōnāminī compōnantur
    imperfect compōnerer compōnerēris,
    compōnerēre     		compōnerētur compōnerēmur compōnerēminī compōnerentur
    perfect compositus or compostus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect compositus or compostus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — compōne — — compōnite —
    future — compōnitō compōnitō — compōnitōte compōnuntō
    passive present — compōnere — — compōniminī —
    future — compōnitor compōnitor — — compōnuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present compōnere compōnī compōnēns —
    future compositūrum esse,
    compostūrum esse     		compositum īrī,
    compostum īrī     		compositūrus,
    compostūrus     		compōnendus,
    compōnundus
    perfect composuisse,
    composīvisse,
    composīsse1     		compositum esse,
    compostum esse     		— compositus,
    compostus
    future perfect — compositum fore,
    compostum fore     		— —
    perfect potential compositūrum fuisse,
    compostūrum fuisse     		— — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    compōnendī compōnendō compōnendum compōnendō compositum,
    compostum     		compositū,
    compostū

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “compono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “compono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “compono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to put on a stern air: vultum componere ad severitatem
      • to put an end to, settle a dispute: controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollere
      • to write poetry: poema condere, facere, componere
      • to arrange and divide the subject-matter: res componere ac digerere
      • to compose, compile a book: librum conficere, componere (De Sen. 1. 2)
      • to arrange a dispute (by arbitration): lites componere (Verg. Ecl. 3. 108)
      • to terminate a war (by a treaty, etc.: bellum componere (Fam. 10. 33)
    • compono in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
    • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “compono”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
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