compono

See also: compoño

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpōnō

Etymology

From con- +‎ pōnō (“put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpoː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈpɔː.no]

Verb

compōnō (present infinitive compōnere, perfect active composuī, supine compositum); 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		composuistī		composuit		composuimus		composuistis		composuērunt, composuēre
	pluperfect	composueram		composuerās		composuerat		composuerāmus		composuerātis		composuerant
	future perfect	composuerō		composueris		composuerit		composuerimus		composueritis		composuerint
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 + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	compositus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	compositus + 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		composuerīs		composuerit		composuerīmus		composuerītis		composuerint
	pluperfect	composuissem		composuissēs		composuisset		composuissēmus		composuissētis		composuissent
passive	present	compōnar		compōnāris, compōnāre		compōnātur		compōnāmur		compōnāminī		compōnantur
	imperfect	compōnerer		compōnerēris, compōnerēre		compōnerētur		compōnerēmur		compōnerēminī		compōnerentur
	perfect	compositus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	compositus + 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			compositum īrī			compositūrus			compōnendus, compōnundus
perfect		composuisse			compositum esse			—			compositus
future perfect		—			compositum fore			—			—
perfect potential		compositūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		compōnendī		compōnendō		compōnendum		compōnendō		compositum		compositū

Derived terms

• compositiō
• compositor
• compositum

Descendants

• Asturian: componer
• Catalan: compondre
• English: compone
• Esperanto: komponi
• Italian: comporre
• Middle Dutch: componeren
  • Dutch: componeren
• Occitan: compónder, compondre, compausar (partially)
• Old French: composer
  • ⇒ Middle English: composen
    • English: compose
  • French: composer
• Old Galician-Portuguese: compõer
  • Galician: compor, compoñer
  • Portuguese: compor
• Romanian: compune
• Spanish: componer

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, 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