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compărātĭo , ōnis, f. 2. comparo.
I. A preparing, providing for, preparation, etc. (rare, but in good prose): “novi belli,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf. “pugnae, Auct. B. Afr. 35: veneni,Liv. 42, 17, 6: “comparatio disciplinaque dicendi,Cic. Brut. 76, 263: “novae amicitiae,Sen. Ep. 9, 6.—
II. A procuring, gaining, acquiring: “testium,Cic. Mur. 21, 44: “voluptatis,id. Fin. 2, 28, 92: “criminis,” i. e. of all the materials for an accusation, id. Clu. 67, 191: “quibus ego ita credo, ut nihil de meā comparatione deminuam,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16.—Hence,
B. In late Lat., a purchasing, purchase, Dig. 5, 1, 52; 41, 3, 41.
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