componebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →compono, componere, composui, compositus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compare; place/put/add/collect together, collate; match (up); store/hoard; calm;; construct, build; arrange, compile, compose, make up; organize, order; settle;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...temporibus quibus omnis ad utilitatem potius quam ostentationem componebatur oratio et erant adhuc severiora iudicia, quanto nunc faciendum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...placeant. Fortasse imperator in senatu ad reverentiam eius componebatur: ceterum egressus, statim se recipiebat in principem, omniaque consularia..."