comparo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →compasco, compascere, compavi, compastus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
pasture (cattle) on common land; feed up/together; use as cattle food; eat;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →comparo, comparare, comparavi, comparatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
prepare; provide; compose; collect, get together/hold of; raise (force); unite;; place together, match, couple, pair; set/pit against; treat as equal; compare;; set up/establish/institute; arrange, dispose, settle; buy, acquire, secure;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...lego, neutiquam videntur ingrata ignavaque, cum autem Graeca comparo et contendo, non puto Caecilium sequi debuisse, quod assequi..."Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...miranti sub aratro piscibus inuentis et fetae comparo mulae, sollicitus, tamquam lapides effuderit imber examenque apium longa consederit..."Satura XII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tragicae furtiua piacula ceruae. laudo meum ciuem, nec comparo testamento mille rates; nam si Libitinam euaserit aeger, delebit..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...futura cecinerunt. Non enim nunc auem comparo et fulmen, sed duo ueri signa, quae, si uerum significant, paria..."In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...tamen urbanis opibus non minore labore tueor quam comparo, pro his igitur omnibus rebus, pro meis..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...simillimo dicerentur. Quare ego, Caesar, muneribus tuis omnibus comparo, multis antepono, quod licet nobis et in praeteritum..."
