compensate Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. compenso, 1 (foll. by acc. and abl. either alone or with cum)2. penso, 13. rĕpenso, 14. rĕpendo, di, sum, 35. rĕmūnĕro, remuneror, 1II. Intrans. • compensate: I. Trans.: 1. compenso, 1 (foll. by acc. and abl. either alone or with cum): our greatest labours c.d by great glory, summi labores nostri magna compensati gloria, Cic.: all these things are c.d by the advantages of honour, haec omnia honoris commodis compensantur, Cic.: v. infr. (II.). 2. penso, 1: to c. for a premature death by the eternal remembrance of his name, praematuram mortem immortali nominis sui memoria p., Vell.: Plin. 3. rĕpenso, 1: Sen.: Vell. 4. rĕpendo, di, sum, 3: to c. for defects of figure by talent, r. damna formae ingenio, Ov.: Virg. (joined with compensare in Gell. but not found in classical prose). 5. rĕmūnĕro, remuneror, 1: v. to requite, repay. II. Intrans.: compenso, (in pass.): nevertheless the joy I felt c.d for (lit. weighed equally with) all these things, compensabatur tamen cum his omnibus animi laetitia quam capiebam, Cic. See also to counterbalance.