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• compose:

I. To put together, combine: chiefly if not solely in pass., to be composed (i. e. formed) of:

1. compōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3: mankind c.d of soul and body, genus hominum compositum ex anima et corpore, Sall.: Col.: v. to compound.
2. contĭneo, ui, tentum, 2 (only in pass.): the verse is c.d of a few feet, versus paucis pedibus continetur, Quint.
3. conflo, 1 (in pass.): the elements of which the virtue we are in quest of is c.d and made up, quibus ex rebus conflatur et efficitur id quod quaerimus honestum, Cic.
4. effĭcio, 3: v. supr. (3); and to make up.
5. consisto, consto i. e. to consist: q. v.

II. Of literary composition:

1. compōno, 3: to c. a book, librum c., Cic.: to c. verses, versus c., Hor.: Plin. Ep.
2. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (less frequent): to c. a poem, poëma c., Cic.: Virg Ov.
3. contexo, ui, textum, 3 (prop. to weave together): to c. a speech, orationem c., Quint.: to c. a book, librum c., Sen. (simly, Nep. has subtexere carmina).
4. dēdūco, xi, ductum, 3 (i. e. to spin: hence only of verse): to c. a thousand verses in a day, mille die versus d., Hor.: Quint.
5. pango, pĕpĭgi, pactum, 3 (prop. to fasten, frame: rare in this sense except in imperf. tenses: but Enn. ap. Cic. has panxit): to c. anything Sophoclean, aliquid Sophocleum p., Cic.: to c. poems, poëmata p., Hor.: Lucr.
6. sĕro, ŭi, sertum, 3 (rare): to c. speeches, orationes s., Liv. to c. a play, fabulam s., Liv.
7. făcio, 3 (of poems: cf. Old-Eng. "to make"): to c. a poem, poema f., Cic.: to c. verselets, versiculos f., Virg.

III. To adjust, calm, appease:

1. compōno, 3: to c. affairs disturbed by mutiny, turbatas seditione res c., Liv.: v. to arrange, settle.
2. sēdo, 1: v. to assuage, appease.

• COMPOSE

to bring into connexion: componere (to combine to one whole): jungere, conjungere (general term for combine): copulare (to join together); inter se jungere copulareque; or copulando jungere.
To compose as a musician: modos facere: modos musicos componere (after Quint., 1, 12, 14): to compose an air, cantum rescribere vocum sonis (Cic., Tusc., 4, 2, 3); musicis modis canticum excipere (Quint. and others).
To arrange: ordinare (general term): in ordinem adducere or redigere. disponere. digerere: in ordinem digerere. componere: collocare: constituere [SYN. in ARRANGE].
To be composed of, or formed of, etc., constare: man is composed of soul and body, homo constat (ex) animo et corpore or e corpore constat et animo; hominum genus compositum est ex animo et corpore.
To compose as an author: scribere: conscribere (to compose by writing): componere (to place together with order, and art; all with reference to any writing, librum): concipere, with or without verbis (to shape in words, for which there was a form existing previously; e.g., an oath, jusjurandum: an edict, edictum: a petition, libellum. ☞ It is only in similar instances that concipere can be used; never in speaking of original productions of the mind): to compose verses, versus facere or scribere; versus fundere (as an impromptu): to compose extempore verses, ex tempore versus fundere.
Mechanically by types: *typis or litterarum formis describere (e.g., a book, librum):
To settle amicably; e.g., differences, etc., componere: dirimere: cum bona gratia componere: controversias componere, minuere (the latter in Caes., B.G., 7, 23, Herzog).
To calm: tranquillare (e.g., animos): sedare (to make quiet, to appease; e.g., anger, etc.): placare (to assuage): permulcere (to appease by caresses, etc.): lenire (to cause to abate, e.g., anger, fear, etc.): to compose anybody’s mind by exhortations, remonstrances, etc., alicujus animum verbis confirmare: by consolations, aliquem solari; aliquem or animum alicujus consolatione lenire, permulcere. to become composed, acquiescere; consolatione se lenire (by consoling one’s self).

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