compono

See also: compoño

Latin

Alternative forms

conpōnō

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-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin compōnō

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 or composīvī, supine compositum or compostum); third conjugation

to arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order
Synonyms: īnstruō, parō
to construct, build
Synonyms: aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, condō, struō, cōnstruō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
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
(Medieval Latin) to pay amends
Synonym: expleō

Conjugation

Conjugation of compōnō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	compōne		—	—	compōnite		—
active	future	—	compōnitō		compōnitō	—	compōnitōte		compōnuntō
passive	present	—	compōnere		—	—	compōniminī		—
passive	future	—	compōnitor		compōnitor	—	—		compōnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

Asturian: componer
Catalan: compondre
English: compone, compound
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^[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