composite Latin · revision 36595

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la compōnō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compositē''' (comparative compositius)^(OLD 2012)

+ It is also spelled ''conpositē''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|compositus|-ē|t1=well arranged, composed]],^(OLD 2012) the participle of [[m|la|compōnō|t=to put together, arrange]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''De oratore'' considers the view that the orator's only task is to speak in an orderly, ornate and copious way (''compositē, ōrnātē, cōpiōsē loquī'').^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Sallust writes that Gaius Caesar spoke well and in good order on life and death,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Gellius uses it of writing that was not orderly enough and of a man dressed with care.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Columella uses it of oxen trained to walk calmly and without fear,^(OLD 2012) Seneca of sitting composedly,^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) and Tacitus, in the comparative, of legions told to do everything with deliberation rather than haste.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ Medieval British writers used it for doing things in due order and, in John of Salisbury, for “in combination”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of orderly speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of a well-ordered speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of sitting composedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses the comparative of acting with deliberation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of style and of dress.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In an orderly, well-arranged way (of style, dress).^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|composedly|alt=Composedly]], calmly, [[m|en|deliberately]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' In combination.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compositus]]

+ * [[compōnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}