comparison Copy link Outline I. The act of comparing1. compărātio2. collātio (esp. of rhetorical c.s or similes3. contentio4. Expr. by means of verb • comparison: I. The act of comparing: 1. compărātio: Cic. 2. collātio (esp. of rhetorical c.s or similes: q. v.): Cic. 3. contentio: Cic. (who uses contentio along with comparatio, Off. 1, 17, 58). 4. Expr. by means of verb: as, "c. more than reality makes men happy or wretched," *hominum fortunae magis quum inter se conferuntur, quam quum ipsae per se aestimantur, eos vel beatos vel miseros reddunt. See also foll. art.