Lewis & Short

2. com-păro (conp-), āvi, ātum, 1 (old form conparassit = comparaverit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 19), v. a.

  1. I. To prepare something with zeal, care, etc., to make ready, to set in order, furnish, provide, etc. (class.)
    1. A. Lit.: magnifice et ornate convivium comparat (al. apparat), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 65; Tib. 1, 10, 42: sibi remedium ad magnitudinem frigorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: se, to make one’s self ready, to prepare one’s self, id. Mil. 10, 28: se ad respondendum, id. N. D. 3, 8, 19: se ad iter, Liv. 28, 33, 1; cf. pass., id. 42, 43, 4: se ad omnis casus, Caes. B. G. 7, 79: insidias alicui per aliquem, Cic. Clu. 16, 47; cf.: dolum ad capiendos eos, Liv. 23, 35, 2: comparare et constituere accusationem, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2; cf.: comparare accusatorem filio suo, id. Clu. 67, 191: fugam, Caes. B. G. 4, 18: domicilium ibi, Liv. 1, 34, 10: iter ad regem, Nep. Alcib. 10, 3 et saep.: vultum e vultu, to adjust according to, to fashion, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 5.
      In the histt. freq. of preparations for war: bellum, Nep. Dion, 5, 1; id. Ages. 2, 4; id. Eum. 7, 1; Liv. 9, 29, 5; 32, 28, 7; Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1 et saep.: arma, milites, classem, Liv. 42, 30, 11; cf. Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Dion, 4, 3; id. Dat. 4, 1 and 4; id. Hann. 3, 2; Liv. 28, 13, 1; 35, 26, 1; Suet. Tib. 25; Curt. 4, 9, 3; cf.: arma latroni, Quint. 12, 1, 1.
      Pass. in mid. force: ita fiet ut isdem locis et ad suadendum et ad dissuadendum simus conparati, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4: ab hoc colloquio legati Romani in Boeotiam conparati sunt, made ready to go, Liv. 42, 43, 4.
          1. (β) Absol.: ex hac parte diligentissime comparatur, Cic. Fam. 16, 11, 3: tempore ad comparandum dato, Nep. Thras. 2, 2; so Liv. 35, 45, 5; 38, 12, 7.
          2. (γ) With inf.: urere tecta, Ov. Tr. 2, 267: an ita me comparem, Non perpeti, etc., place myself in a condition, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 2.
    2. B. Trop. of the arrangements of nature, of civil life, of manners, customs, etc., to arrange, appoint, ordain, establish; esp. in the pass. impers.: ita quoique est in aetate hominum conparatum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 94 Fleck.; Liv. 3, 68, 10: more majorum comparatum est, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; cf.: ita comparatum more majorum erat, ne, etc., Liv. 39, 29, 5: est ita natura comparatum ut, etc., Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 5: praetores, ut considerate fieret, comparaverunt, Cic. Quint. 16, 51; so Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7: jam hoc prope iniquissime comparatum est, quod in morbis, etc., Cic. Clu. 21, 57: eis utendum censeo quae legibus conparata sunt, Sall. C. 51, 8.
      So rarely of persons: sic fuimus semper comparati, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 32.
  2. II. To procure what one does not yet possess or what is not yet in existence, to procure, get, purchase, obtain, prepare, make, collect.
    1. A. Prop.: negoti sibi qui volet vim parare, Navem et mulierem haec duo conparato, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 2: mihi quadraginta minas, id. Ep. 1, 2, 19: aurum ac vestem atque alia, quae opus sunt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 15: pecudes carius, Suet. Calig. 27: merces, Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin.: ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda, Ter. And. 4, 1, 4; so id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17: Sthenius ab adulescentio paulo studiosius haec compararat, supellectilem, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83; Curt. 5, 6, 3: gemmas, toreumata, signa, tabulas, Suet. Caes. 47: victum et cultum humanum labore et industriā, Cic. Oecon. ap. Col. 12, praef. § 2: Suet. Calig. 22.
      1. 2. Of abstract things: amicitias, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. Fin. 1, 20, 65: auctoritatem sibi, Caes. B. G. 5, 53: laudes artibus, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2; id. Off. 2, 13, 45: tribunicium auxilium sibi, Liv. 9, 34, 3 al.; Hor. Epod. 2, 30.
    2. B. Trop.: sex (tribunos) ad intercessionem comparavere, brought or gained them over to their side, Liv. 4, 48, 11.