compositus

Latin

Alternative forms

• compostus (by syncope)

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of compōnō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.si.tus/, [kɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.si.tus/, [komˈpɔːs̬it̪us]

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	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

• compositē
• compositum

Descendants

• Catalan: compost
• → English: composite
• → French: composite
• Galician: composto
• Italian: composto
• → Italian: composito
• Occitan: compòst
• Old French: composte
  • → English: compost
  • French: compost, compote
    • → English: compote
  • Norman: compôt
• Polish: kompozyt, kompozytowy
• Portuguese: composto
• → Portuguese: compósito
• Spanish: compuesto
• → Spanish: compósito

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^[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