compareo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpāreō

Etymology

From con- +‎ pāreō (“I am visible”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpaː.re.oː/, [kɔmˈpäːreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpa.re.o/, [komˈpäːreo]

Verb

compāreō (present infinitive compārēre, perfect active compāruī, supine compāritum); second conjugation, no passive

1. to be evident or apparent; to be visible, appear
2. to be present, exist

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of compāreō (second conjugation, active-only)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compāreō		compārēs		compāret		compārēmus		compārētis		compārent
	imperfect	compārēbam		compārēbās		compārēbat		compārēbāmus		compārēbātis		compārēbant
	future	compārēbō		compārēbis		compārēbit		compārēbimus		compārēbitis		compārēbunt
	perfect	compāruī		compāruistī		compāruit		compāruimus		compāruistis		compāruērunt, compāruēre
	pluperfect	compārueram		compāruerās		compāruerat		compāruerāmus		compāruerātis		compāruerant
	future perfect	compāruerō		compārueris		compāruerit		compāruerimus		compārueritis		compāruerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compāream		compāreās		compāreat		compāreāmus		compāreātis		compāreant
	imperfect	compārērem		compārērēs		compārēret		compārērēmus		compārērētis		compārērent
	perfect	compāruerim		compāruerīs		compāruerit		compāruerīmus		compāruerītis		compāruerint
	pluperfect	compāruissem		compāruissēs		compāruisset		compāruissēmus		compāruissētis		compāruissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		compārē		—		—		compārēte		—
	future	—		compārētō		compārētō		—		compārētōte		compārentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		compārēre			—			compārēns			—
future		compāritūrum esse			—			compāritūrus			—
perfect		compāruisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		compāritūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		compārendī		compārendō		compārendum		compārendō		compāritum		compāritū

Related terms

• appāreō
• pāreō
• trānspāreō

Descendants

• Catalan: comparèixer
• French: comparaître
• Galician: comparecer
• Italian: comparire
• Occitan: comparéisser
• Old Catalan: comparer
• Old French: comparoir
• Piedmontese: comparì
• Portuguese: comparecer
• Sicilian: cumpàrriri
• Romanian: compărea
• Spanish: comparecer

References

• “compareo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compareo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compareo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.