COMPOSITION Copy link • COMPOSITIONThe act: compositio (e.g., of ointments, unguentorum): or by circumlocution with verbs under COMPOSE; e.g., the Greek language is more flexible in the composition of words, Graecus sermo ad duplicanda verba facilior (Liv., 27, 11, 5). The thing composed: mixtura: compositio: especially: (a) composition of metals: *aes mixtum; *compositio metallica: (b) musical composition: *musica, quam vocant, compositio (in general); canticum modis musicis exceptum: cantus vocum sonis rescriptus (vocal composition). The act of composing a work by writing: conscriptio, compositio, conceptio [SYN. in COMPOSE] . Agreement: conventum (convention, which does not formally bind) pactio: pactum (an agreement in the proper legal form): Vid. AGREEMENT, COMPACT.