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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈpɔː.s̬i.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''compositus''' (feminine composita, neuter compositum, comparative compositior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the perfect participle of [[compōnō]] “to put together, arrange”, and is also found as ⟨compostus⟩ and ⟨conp-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation for the adjective is from Terence, of what is orderly.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant composed of several parts, complex, composite, as in Seneca, and in Varro of compound words.^(OLD 2012) It meant orderly, tidy, of a battle fought with troops disposed, as in Livy, and of speeches and writers well arranged, as in Cicero, and in Ovid studied.^(OLD 2012) It meant disposed, trained, and of the sea calm, of persons placid, sedate, as in Ovid, and in Cicero well disciplined, law-abiding.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant comely, well arranged, orderly, ready.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of land under cultivation.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''composte'' it gave [[en|compost]] and [[en|compote]], and [[en|composite]] came about 1400.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of the orderly.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of compound words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of well-arranged speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1400 – English ''composite'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|Composite]], compound.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Orderly; of a battle, organized.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Well arranged; studied.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Disposed, trained.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Calm, placid, [[m|en|composed]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Well-disciplined.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[compositē]]
+ * [[compositum]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[compōnō]]
+ * [[compositiō]]
+ * [[en|composite]]
+ * [[en|compost]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}