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
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...lego, neutiquam videntur ingrata ignavaque, cum autem Graeca comparo et contendo, non puto Caecilium sequi debuisse, quod assequi..." - D
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..." - D
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."
