compŏsĭtĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. [compono].
I A putting together , compounding , connecting , arranging , composition , adjustment , etc.
A Prop.: unguentorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: membrorum, id. ib. 1, 18, 47.—Fig.: varia sonorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 41: rerum, id. Off. 1, 40, 142: magistratuum, id. Leg. 3, 5, 12: medicamentorum, Sen. Ep. 8, 2: remediorum, id. Ben. 4, 28, 4.—Hence,
2 Esp., concr., in medic. lang., a compound , mixture , Cels. 5, 26 fin. ; 6, 6, 16; Plin. 23, 8, 77, § 149; Veg. 1, 17, 16. Thus the title of a writing of Scribonius: Compositiones medicae.—
B Trop.
1 A connection , coherence , system : disciplinae, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—
2 A drawing up in writing , composition : juris pontificalis, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.—
b κατʼ ἐξοχήν, a proper connection in style and position of words , arrangement , disposition : compositio apta, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 200: tota servit gravitati vocum aut suavitati, id. Or. 54, 182; cf. id. Brut. 88, 303; Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18: lege Ciceronem: conpositio ejus una est, pedem servat lenta, Sen. Ep. 100, 7; 114, 15; in Quint. very freq.; cf. the 4th chap. of the 9th book: De compositione.—
II A laying together for preservation , a laying up of fruits, Col. 12, 26, 6; 12, 51, 1; in plur.: rerum auctumnalium, id. 12, 44, 1.—
B Trop., a peaceful union , an accommodation of a difference , an agreement , compact : pacis, concordiae, compositionis auctor esse non destiti, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; Caes. ap Cic. Att. 9, 13, A, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26; 1, 32; 3, 15 fin. ; Dig. 28, 16, 6.—
III A bringing together or matching of combatants: gladiatorum, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1.