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compŏtĭo (conp- ), īvi, ītum, 4, v. a. compos,
I.to make partaker of (only anteand post- class.); constr. with acc. pers. and abl. or gen. rei.
a. Act.: “me piscatu novo,” Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 6: “aliquem praedae,” App. de Deo Socr. prol. p. 366, 20: “aliquem voti,” id. M. 11, p. 267, 34.—
b. Pass., to become partaker of, to obtain, become master of: “locis,” Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 22 (i. e. to come into; cf. the same, v. 7: “laborem hunc potiri): visu, auditu ejus,” Tert. adv. Valent. 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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