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compositus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of compōnō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

compositus (feminine composita, neuter compositum, comparative compositior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. ordered, arranged, regular, matching
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.16.24:
      Favus mellis verba composita: dulcēdō animae, et sānitās ossuum.
      Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  2. composed, compound
  3. calm, sedate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • compositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compositus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • at the time agreed on: ad horam compositam
    • (ambiguous) well-ordered, well-brushed hair: capilli compti, compositi (opp. horridi)
    • (ambiguous) an elaborate speech: oratio composita
    • (ambiguous) well-arranged words: verba composita
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