arrange Copy link Outline I. To put in proper order1. strŭo, struxi, structum, 32. instrŭo, 33. ordĭno, 14. dispōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 35. collŏco, 16. compōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 37. dīgĕro, gessi, gestum, 38. instĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 39. dispenso, 110. cōmo, compsi, comptum, 3 (only of hair)11. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (poet.II. To adjust, settle, regulate, agree • arrange: I. To put in proper order: 1. strŭo, struxi, structum, 3: he a.s his forces in front of the camp, copias ante frontem castrorum struit, Caes.: to a. words, verba s., Cic.: to a. a speech, orationem s., Quint.: Virg. 2. instrŭo, 3: to a. an army in order of battle, exercitum i., Sall.: to a. a speech, orationem i., Cic: to a. a prosecution, accusationem i., Cic. 3. ordĭno, 1: to a. a line of battle, aciem o., Just.: Liv.: to a. a library, bibliothecam o., Suet.: to a. the parts of a speech, partes orationis o., Cic. 4. dispōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: Pisistratus is said to have a.d the books of Homer, P. Homeri libros disposuisse dicitur, Cic.: to a. palisades, cippos d., Caes.: to a. the hair badly, capillos male d., Ov.: they a. words just as painters do a variety of colours, verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, Cic.: to a. a line of battle, aciem d., Tac.: to a. garrisons and posts on the banks of the Loire, praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris d., Caes. (The preceding are the words most frequently used of arranging troops, though by no means confined to that application. Instruo and struo refer to the forming of a line of battle; ordino is also used in the sense of to reduce to order, organize: dispono is to arrange or post at intervals, to arrange in order). 5. collŏco, 1: time was scarcely given for a.ing and executing these matters, vix his rebus collocandis atque administrandis tempus dabatur, Caes.: to a. a cloak so that it may hang properly, chlamydem c. ut pendeat apte, Ov.: to a. words properly., verba apte c., Quint. 6. compōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: to a. the hair, capillum c., Cic.: to a. words or thoughts (in oratory), c. verba, inventa, Cic. 7. dīgĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: to a. the hair, capillos d., Ov.: to a. a library, bibliothecam d., Suet.: to a. the whole of the municipal law into classes, omne jus civile in genera d., Cic. 8. instĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: you a. an action at law, he draws up an army in battle array, tu actionem instituis, ille aciem instruit, Cic. 9. dispenso, 1: to a. the year, annum d., Liv.: Cic. 10. cōmo, compsi, comptum, 3 (only of hair): to a. the hair in steps and rings, caput in gradus atque anulos c., Quint. 11. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3 (poet.: of artificial arrangement): to a. grey hair, canas f. comas, Tib.: Virg.: Ov. (Of the preceding words, 5-9, colloco and compono denote the bringing of things together, and so esp. a decent and orderly arrangement; digero is to put each thing separately in its place; instituo is about equivalent to instruo, only usu. in non-military sense, to draw up, form: dispenso is properly to distribute.) Phr.: so it was a.d according to the custom of our ancestors, ita comparatum more majorum erat, Cic.: to a. one's plans, consilia sua expedire, Tac.: to a. the plan of a war, belli rationem explicare, Cic.: to a. a plan, consilium e., Caes. II. To adjust, settle, regulate, agree: q. v.