I.an orderer, arranger, disposer, maker (rare): “inventor aut compositor aut actor,” Cic. Or. 19, 61: “anni,” id. Leg. 2, 12, 29 (al. compositio): “operum,” Ov. Tr. 2, 356: “juris,” Cod. Just. 6, 28, 4: “historiae Cumanae,” Fest. p. 266, 26 Müll.: “melodiae,” Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 2 fin.
compŏsĭtor (conp- ), ōris, m. compono,