verb transitive

compăro

2nd PP com-părāre · 3rd PP com-părāvi · 4th PP com-părātum · conj. 1st

(), (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19)

To prepare something with zeal; care; to make ready

To prepare something with zeal, care, etc., to make ready, to set in order, furnish, provide, etc. (class.)

to make one; to prepare one •••

Lit.: magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42: sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one's self ready, to prepare one's self, id. Mil. 10, 28: se ad respondendum, id. N. D. 3, 8, 19: se ad iter, Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4: se ad omnis casus, Caes. B. G. 7, 79: insidias alicui per aliquem, Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.: dolum ad capiendos eos, Liv. 23, 35, 2: comparare et constituere accusationem, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.: comparare accusatorem filio suo, id. Clu. 67, 191: fugam, Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10: iter ad regem, Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.: vultum e vultu, to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.— In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum, Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.: arma, milites, classem, Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.: arma latroni, Quint. 12, 1, 1.—Pass. in mid. force: ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4: ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt, made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.—

ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3: tempore ad… absol •

Absol.: ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3: tempore ad comparandum dato, Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.—

With inf.: urere tecta, Ov. Tr. 2, 267: an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc.,… with infinitive •

With inf.: urere tecta, Ov. Tr. 2, 267: an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc., place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.—

to arrange; appoint; ordain figuratively ••

Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.: ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10: more majorum comparatum est, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.: ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc., Liv. 39, 29, 5: est ita natura comparatum ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5: praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt, Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7: jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc., Cic. Clu. 21, 57: eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt, Sall. C. 51, 8.—So rarely of persons: sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.—

To procure what one does not yet possess; what is not yet in existence; to procure

To procure what one does not yet possess or what is not yet in existence, to procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect.

negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato, Plaut.… literal ••

Prop.: negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2: mihi quadraginta minas, id. Ep. 1, 2, 19: aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15: pecudes carius, Suet. Calig. 27: merces, Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.: ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda, Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17: Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3: gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas, Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.—

Of abstract things: amicitias, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:… ••

Of abstract things: amicitias, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65: auctoritatem sibi, Caes. B. G. 5, 53: laudes artibus, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45: tribunicium auxilium sibi, Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.—

brought; gained them over to their side figuratively

Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.

Perseus ID: n9533 Key: comparo2