compositum Latin · revision 9807

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''compositum''' ''n'' (genitive compositī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''conpositum''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[compositus]], the participle of [[compōnō]] “to put together”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨compōnō⟩ is from [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|pōnō|t=to put]]; de Vaan explains ⟨pōnō⟩ from ⟨*po-sinō⟩ “to put down”.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Sallust, ''ex compositō'' “by arrangement”, and of law and order.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Sallust 86–34 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the phrases ''ex compositō'' and ''dē compositō'' it meant by prearrangement, in concert, as in Sallust and Livy; in the plural, a settled or peaceful situation, law and order, as in Sallust; and in Pliny a compounded medicine.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses ''ex compositō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of a compound medicine.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A compounded [[m|en|medicament]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''ex compositō'', ''dē compositō'': by prearrangement, in concert.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' A settled situation, law and order, security.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compōnō]]

+ * [[compositus]]

+ * [[pōnō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}