LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive

compāreō

compāreō (present infinitive compārēre, perfect active compāruī, supine compāritum)
Classical[kɔmˈpaː.re.oː]Ecclesiastical[komˈpaː.re.o]

Meaning

  1. to be evident or apparent; to be visible, appear
  2. to be present, exist

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.compāreōcompārēbamcompārēbōcompāruīcompārueramcompāruerō
2nd sg.compārēscompārēbāscompārēbiscompāruistīcompāruerāscompārueris
3rd sg.compāretcompārēbatcompārēbitcompāruitcompārueratcompāruerit
1st pl.compārēmuscompārēbāmuscompārēbimuscompāruimuscompāruerāmuscompāruerimus
2nd pl.compārētiscompārēbātiscompārēbitiscompāruistiscompāruerātiscompārueritis
3rd pl.compārentcompārēbantcompārēbuntcompāruērunt
compāruēre
compāruerantcompāruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.compāreamcompārēremcompāruerimcompāruissem
2nd sg.compāreāscompārērēscompāruerīscompāruissēs
3rd sg.compāreatcompārēretcompārueritcompāruisset
1st pl.compāreāmuscompārērēmuscompāruerīmuscompāruissēmus
2nd pl.compāreātiscompārērētiscompāruerītiscompāruissētis
3rd pl.compāreantcompārērentcompāruerintcompāruissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.compārē—
pres. 2nd pl.compārēte—
fut. 2nd sg.compārētō—
fut. 3rd sg.compārētō—
fut. 2nd pl.compārētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.compārentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecompārēre—
perfect infinitivecompāruisse—
future infinitivecompāritūrum esse—
present participlecompārēns—
future participlecompāritūrus
compāritūra, compāritūrā, compāritūrae, compāritūram, compāritūrārum, compāritūrās, compāritūre, compāritūrī, compāritūrīs, compāritūrō, compāritūrōrum, compāritūrōs, compāritūrum
—
gerundcompārendī, compārendō, compārendumsupinecompāritum, compāritū

com-pārĕo (conp-), ui, 2, v. n.,
I. to be perfectly evident or apparent, to appear, be visible (class.).
I. Prop.: qui modo nusquam conparebas, nunc quom conpares peris, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 2: ita ego ad omnis conparebo tibi res benefactis frequens ( = in omnibus rebus), id. Mil. 3, 1, 68: nec tamen ulla Comparebat avis, * Lucr. 6, 1220: omnis suspitio in eos servos, qui non comparebant, commovebatur, Cic. Clu. 64, 180: repente comparuit incolumis, Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.: ornamenta orationis, Cic. Or. 71, 234; cf. Nep. Cato, 3, 4: nequaquam argenti ratio conparet, agrees, is correct, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 16; Cic. Sull. 26, 73 Orell. N. cr. —
II. Meton. (effectus pro causa), to be present, be in existence, to exist: et memor sum et diligens, ut quae imperes, conpareant, may be done, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 83: signa et dona comparere omnia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132: in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero, ornamenta comparent, id. Or. 71, 234: conquiri quae comparerent jussit, Liv. 6, 1, 10; so id. 25, 40, 4; 32, 10, 3; 34, 35, 6; cf. id. 26, 30, 10; 27, 24, 8; Ov. M. 6, 410.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincompāreō

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂s- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *peh₂séh₁yeti Proto-Italic *pāzējō Proto-Italic *pāzēō Latin pāreō Latin compāreō From con- + pāreō (“to appear, be visible”).

Descendants
  • Catalancomparèixer
  • Frenchcomparaître
  • Italiancomparire
  • Occitancomparéisser
  • Portuguesecomparecer
  • Romaniancompărea
  • Spanishcomparecer
  • Galiciancomparecer
  • Old Catalancomparer
  • Old Frenchcomparoir

Quick answers

What does compāreō mean in Latin?
compāreō, a verb, means “to be evident or apparent; to be visible, appear; to be present, exist”.
What are the principal parts of compāreō?
compāreō, compārēre, compāruī, compāritum (second conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce compāreō?
In classical Latin, [kɔmˈpaː.re.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [komˈpaː.re.o].
Where does compāreō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin compāreō.