compareo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpaː.re.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈpaː.re.o]^[1]

Forms

compāreō (present infinitive compārēre, perfect active compāruī, supine compāritum); second conjugation, no passive^[1] Also spelled conpāreō.^[2]

Etymology

It is from con- and pāreō “to appear, be visible”.^[2][1] De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic *pās-ē- for ⟨pāreō⟩, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“to watch”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus.^[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant to be found, be seen, as in Plautus; with nōn, to be missing, disappear, as in Cicero's Pompēius nōn compāret “Pompey does not show himself”; to appear, show oneself, as in Lucretius; and to be forthcoming, be realised, as in Plautus.^[2][5]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to appear, be present.^[6] It survives in French comparaître and Spanish comparecer.^[1]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[2][4]
• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of appearing.^[2][4]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses nōn compārēre.^[2][4]

Meanings

Verb

1. To be found, be visible; to appear.^[2]
2. nōn compārēre To be missing.^[2]
3. To be forthcoming.^[2]

Related words

• appāreō
• pāreō
• trānspāreō

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson