compositio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ positiō. In at least some senses, a calque of Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.poˈsi.ti.oː/, [kɔm.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]

Noun

compositiō f (genitive compositiōnis); third declension

  1. arrangement, combination
  2. union
  3. agreement, pact
  4. mixture (medicine)
  5. composition (music, prose)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative compositiō compositiōnēs
Genitive compositiōnis compositiōnum
Dative compositiōnī compositiōnibus
Accusative compositiōnem compositiōnēs
Ablative compositiōne compositiōnibus
Vocative compositiō compositiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • compositio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compositio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compositio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • compositio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the structure of the sentence: compositio, structura verborum
  • compositio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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