compono Latin · revision 6668

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la pōnō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpoː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈpɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compōnō''' (present infinitive compōnere, perfect active composuī or composīvī, supine compositum or compostum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-|t=together]] and [[pōnō]] “to put, place”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus and Cato, of storing things up and of placing things together.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to place things together, to store up, and to match or compare one person or thing with another, as in Accius.^(OLD 2012) It meant to settle in a place, to lay out for burial, as in Catullus, and to arrange in order, dispose, as in Cato, also to draw up troops.^(OLD 2012) It meant to construct or put together, and to compose or write a book or speech, as in Cicero, or draw up laws.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It also meant to plan or contrive, as Plautus' treachery, to fabricate a charge, and to compose one's expression.^(OLD 2012) It meant to calm, make still, as in Virgil, to quell a rising, and to settle disputes, as Caesar's ending a war on terms.^(OLD 2012) The participle has a short form ''compostus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''comporre'' and Spanish ''componer''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|compound]] came in the late 14th century through Old French ''compondre'', [[en|compost]] through Old French ''composte'' from its participle, and [[en|component]] in the 1640s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of storing up and of contriving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of placing and arranging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of ending a war on terms.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''compound'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put together, place side by side.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To store up, collect.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To match; to [[m|en|compare]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To settle; to lay out for burial.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To arrange, set in order; to draw up (troops).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To construct, put together.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|compose]], write.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To plan; to contrive, fabricate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To calm, quell.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To settle (a dispute), reconcile.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compositīcius]]

+ * [[compositiō]]

+ * [[compositiuus]]

+ * [[compositor]]

+ * [[compositum]]

+ * [[compositūra]]

+ * [[dēcompositus]]

+ * [[incompositus]]

+ * [[praecompositus]]

+ * [[recompōnō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pōnō]]

+ * [[en|compound]]

+ * [[en|component]]

+ * [[en|compost]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}