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compositus

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of compōnō.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative compositus composita compositum compositī compositae composita
genitive compositī compositae compositī compositōrum compositārum compositōrum
dative compositō compositae compositō compositīs
accusative compositum compositam compositum compositōs compositās composita
ablative compositō compositā compositō compositīs
vocative composite composita compositum compositī compositae composita

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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[1], 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