preparation Copy link Outline I. Act of preparing; preparatory measure1. praepărātio (infreq.)2. compărātio (on a large scale; getting together resources, etc.)3. appărātio (excessive or sumptuous p.)II. In medicine • preparation: I. Act of preparing; preparatory measure: 1. praepărātio (infreq.): to make careful p., diligentem p. adhibere, Cic. Off. 1, 21, extr. 2. compărātio (on a large scale; getting together resources, etc.): he employed the time in making p.s for a new war, tempus ad c. novi belli contulit, Cic. Man. 4, init.: Hirt. 3. appărātio (excessive or sumptuous p.): cf. Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56, magnificentia et a. popularium munerum: also, id. Inv. 2, 18, 25 (= over-studied p. for speaking). Apparatus, ūs = (grand) preparations (collect.): Cic. N. D. 1, 8, fin.: Hor. (N.B.--Very oft. better expr. by verb: to make all needful p.s, cuncta parare, Sall. Jug. 73: to make p.s for a war, bellum apparare, Cic. Man. 12, extr.: occupied in p.s, in apparando occupatus, Nep. Han. 7: to make p.s for a banquet, convivium exornare, parare, comparare, instruere: v. to prepare.) II. In medicine: compŏsĭtio: Cels. Or expr. by verb: v. to compound.