compono

See also: compoño

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpōnō

Etymology

From con- +‎ pōnō (“put”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpoː.noː/, [kɔmˈpoːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.no/, [komˈpɔːno]

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, 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		compōnere	composuisse	compositūrum esse	compōnī	compositum esse	compositum īrī
participles		compōnēns	—	compositūrus	—	compositus	compōnendus, compōnundus
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