(adj.Adj.) : com-par (conp-), păris, adj. (abl. compari, Liv. 36, 44, 7:
* Compare,Ov. Am. 3, 5, 38; id. A. A. 3, 359; gen. plur. comparum, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64), like or equal to another (poet.; after the Aug. per. also in prose).
* Adj.
* With dat.: natura viri compar uxori, * Lucr. 4, 1251: consilium consilio,Liv. 28, 42, 20: milites militibus, centurionibus centuriones, tribuni tribunis compares,id. 8, 6, 15.
* Subst. comm., an equal, a companion, comrade, colleague, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 9; * Hor. C. 2, 5, 2.
* Absol.: conubium,Liv. 1, 9, 5: postulatio Latinorum,id. 23, 6, 8: compari Marte concurrerat,id. 36, 44, 7.
* Esp.
* One beloved, a spouse, consort, mate, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64; id. Cas. 4, 2, 18; * Cat. 68, 126; Ov. Am. 3, 5, 38; Inscr. Orell. 2656; so of the queen in chess,Ov. A. A. 3, 359.—*
* A figure of speech whereby several members of a period have an equal number of syllables, Auct. Her. 4, 20. 27.

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