I.to be perfectly evident or apparent, to appear, be visible (class.).
I. Prop.: “qui modo nusquam conparebas, nunc quom conpares peris,” Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 2: “ita ego ad omnis conparebo tibi res benefactis frequens ( = in omnibus rebus),” id. Mil. 3, 1, 68: nec tamen ulla Comparebat avis, * Lucr. 6, 1220: “omnis suspitio in eos servos, qui non comparebant, commovebatur,” Cic. Clu. 64, 180: “repente comparuit incolumis,” Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.: “ornamenta orationis,” Cic. Or. 71, 234; cf. Nep. Cato, 3, 4: “nequaquam argenti ratio conparet,” agrees, is correct, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 16; Cic. Sull. 26, 73 Orell. N. cr. —
II. Meton. (effectus pro causa), to be present, be in existence, to exist: “et memor sum et diligens, ut quae imperes, conpareant,” may be done, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 83: “signa et dona comparere omnia,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132: “in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero, ornamenta comparent,” id. Or. 71, 234: “conquiri quae comparerent jussit,” Liv. 6, 1, 10; so id. 25, 40, 4; 32, 10, 3; 34, 35, 6; cf. id. 26, 30, 10; 27, 24, 8; Ov. M. 6, 410.