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
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..."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..."