com-penso Copy link Outline I. In gen.(a). Cum aliquā re(b). Aliquā reII. In post-Aug. poets, of a way, to shorten ... ⓘcompēnsāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcompēnsātē: adverbial • com-penso (conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to poise, weigh several things with one another; hence, in the lang. of business, to equalize one thing with another by weighing, to balance with one another, to make good, compensate, balance against, lit. and trop. (class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in Cic.); constr. aliquid cum aliquā re, aliquā re, or absol. I. In gen. α. Cum aliquā re: nonne compensabit cum uno versiculo tot mea volumina laudum suarum, Cic. Pis. 30, 75: laetitiam cum doloribus, id. Fin. 2, 30, 97: bona cum vitiis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 70.— β. Aliquā re: summi labores nostri magnā compensati gloriā, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14; id. Font. 5, 13 (1, 3): damna ab aliquo aetatis fructu compensata, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 33: o vix ullo otio compensandam hanc rei publicae turpitudinem, id. Att. 7, 18, 2; id. Or. 69, 231: paucitatem pedum gravitatis suae (sc. spondei) tarditate, id. ib. 64, 216: tot amissis te unum, Ov. H. 3, 51: pecuniam pedibus, to make up for the low price in shoe-leather, Cato ap. Cic. Fl. 29, 72: facinora ministerio, Curt. 10, 1, 2: reprehendens aliā laude compenses, * Quint. 11, 1, 87.— II. In post-Aug. poets, of a way, to shorten, spare, save: longum iter, Sen. Hippol. 83 (cf. pensare iter, Luc. 9, 685).—Hence, compensātō, adv., with compensation or reward, Tert. Pall. 2 (al. leg. compensati).
compēnsō Copy link ⓘcompēnsāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcompēnsātē: adverbial • compēnsō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., mettre en balance, contrebalancer (rem cum aliqua re, rem re) : cum maximis curis voluptatem compensare Cic. Fin. 5, 48, acheter son plaisir au prix des plus durs soucis ; lætitiam cum doloribus Cic. Fin. 2, 97, compenser par la joie les douleurs || hoc vitium compensant copia Cic. Or. 231, ils rachètent ce défaut par l'abondance [du style] ; Catonis est dictum « pedibus compensari pecuniam » Cic. Fl. 72, il y a ce mot de Caton « les jambes paient le bon marché » (d'une propriété éloignée) [on est dédommagé de l'éloignement par le bon marché], mais peut-être aussi : « à défaut d'argent, il faut avoir des jambes » || aliquid rem compensat Cic. Or. 35, qqch. compense une chose || abl. abs. neutre compensato Tert. Pall. 2, avec compensation.
compenso Copy link ⓘcompēnsāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcompēnsātē: adverbial COMPENSO, are. [ἀνταμείβομαι, ἀνταλάσσομαι] Vna pendendo et ab vtroque brachio librae suspendendo aequare, ac proinde retribuere. […] 🗁 Page Scan
COMPENSO Copy link ⓘcompēnsāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd plcompēnsātē: adverbial COMPENSO ↗Open in new tab (compenso)
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.
COMPENSATE Copy link • COMPENSATEpensare, compensare, by something, aliquid aliqua re or cum re (equalize, make up): explere: supplere (repair, restore), aequare: exaequare (make equal).