adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
compositus
compositus (feminine composita, neuter compositum, comparative compositior)
Classical[kɔmˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[komˈpɔː.s̬i.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveordered, arranged, regular, matching
Favus mellis verba composita: dulcēdō animae, et sānitās ossuum. Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.16.24 - adjectivecomposed, compound
- adjectivecalm, sedate
- adjectivecomposite
Conpositi sunt, qui non solum unitate metiuntur, sed etiam alieno numero procreantur, ut novem, XXI, XV et XXV. Dicimus enim ter terni, et septies terni, ter quini, et quinquies quini.
Composites are numbers not only measured out by ones, but also produced by other numbers, like nine, 21, 15, and 25. For indeed these are three times three, seven times three, three times five, and five times five.Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 3.5.7
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | compositus | composita | compositum |
| genitive | compositī | compositae | compositī |
| dative | compositō | compositae | compositō |
| accusative | compositum | compositam | compositum |
| ablative | compositō | compositā | compositō |
| vocative | composite | composita | compositum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | compositī | compositae | composita |
| genitive | compositōrum | compositārum | compositōrum |
| dative | compositīs | compositīs | compositīs |
| accusative | compositōs | compositās | composita |
| ablative | compositīs | compositīs | compositīs |
| vocative | compositī | compositae | composita |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- verba composita
- well-arranged words.
- oratio composita
- an elaborate speech.
- ad horam compositam
- at the time agreed on.
- capilli compti, compositi (opp. horridi)
- well-ordered, well-brushed hair.
compŏsĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from compono.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
compositus (conp-, -postus) adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of compono, well - ordered, orderly, regular: Nec magis compositum quicquam, T.: acrior impetu quam compositior ullo ordine pugna fuit, L.: litterulae compositissimae voltus, peaceful, Ta.—Fitly disposed, prepared, fit, qualified, ready: ut nemo umquam compositior ad iudicium venisse videatur: oratio: res p.: in ostentationem (virtutum), L.: in maestitiam, with a sad aspect, Ta.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of compōnō.
Descendants
- Catalancompost
- Englishcomposite
- Frenchcomposite
- Italiancomposto
- Italiancomposito
- Occitancompòst
- Englishcompostfrom Old French composte
- Frenchcompostfrom Old French composte
- Englishcompotefrom Old French composte
- Frenchcompotefrom Old French composte