compositus

Latin

Perfect passive participle of compōnō.

compositus (feminine composita, neuter compositum, comparative compositior); first/second-declension adjective

ordered, arranged, regular, matching
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.16.24:
  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)
composed, compound
calm, sedate

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	compositus	composita	compositum	compositī	compositae	composita
Genitive	compositī	compositae	compositī	compositōrum	compositārum	compositōrum
Dative	compositō	compositae	compositō	compositīs
Accusative	compositum	compositam	compositum	compositōs	compositās	composita
Ablative	compositō	compositā	compositō	compositīs
Vocative	composite	composita	compositum	compositī	compositae	composita

Catalan: compost
→ English: composite
→ French: composite
Galician: composto
Italian: composto
→ Italian: composito
Occitan: compòst
Old French: composte
- → English: compost
- French: compost, compote
  - → English: compote
- Norman: compôt
Portuguese: composto
→ Portuguese: compósito
Spanish: compuesto
→ Spanish: compósito

“compositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“compositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
compositus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- at the time agreed on: ad horam compositam
- (ambiguous) well-ordered, well-brushed hair: capilli compti, compositi (opp. horridi)
- (ambiguous) an elaborate speech: oratio composita
- (ambiguous) well-arranged words: verba composita

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