expleo

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Latin

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Etymology

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ex- +‎ pleō

Pronunciation

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Verb

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expleō (present infinitive explēre, perfect active explēvī, supine explētum); second conjugation

  1. (transitive) to fill up, occupy completely
    Synonyms: impleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to appease, satisfy, placate the thirst, satiate the hunger
    Synonym: pāscor
  3. (transitive) to supply, repair, compensate, repay
    Synonym: compōnō
  4. (transitive) to accomplish, perform, fulfill
    Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō, perferō
  5. (transitive, of time) to terminate, elapse
  6. (transitive, of space) to go all over, to travel up and down

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of expleō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expleō explēs explet explēmus explētis explent
imperfect explēbam explēbās explēbat explēbāmus explēbātis explēbant
future explēbō explēbis explēbit explēbimus explēbitis explēbunt
perfect explēvī explēvistī,
explēstī2
explēvit,
explēt2
explēvimus,
explēmus2
explēvistis,
explēstis2
explēvērunt,
explēvēre,
explērunt2
pluperfect explēveram,
explēram2
explēverās,
explērās2
explēverat,
explērat2
explēverāmus,
explērāmus2
explēverātis,
explērātis2
explēverant,
explērant2
future perfect explēverō,
explērō2
explēveris,
explēris2
explēverit,
explērit2
explēverimus,
explērimus2
explēveritis,
explēritis2
explēverint,
explērint2
passive present expleor explēris,
explēre
explētur explēmur explēminī explentur
imperfect explēbar explēbāris,
explēbāre
explēbātur explēbāmur explēbāminī explēbantur
future explēbor explēberis,
explēbere
explēbitur explēbimur explēbiminī explēbuntur
perfect explētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect explētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect explētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expleam expleās expleat expleāmus expleātis expleant
imperfect explērem explērēs explēret explērēmus explērētis explērent
perfect explēverim,
explērim2
explēverīs,
explērīs2
explēverit,
explērit2
explēverīmus,
explērīmus2
explēverītis,
explērītis2
explēverint,
explērint2
pluperfect explēvissem,
explēssem2
explēvissēs,
explēssēs2
explēvisset,
explēsset2
explēvissēmus,
explēssēmus2
explēvissētis,
explēssētis2
explēvissent,
explēssent2
passive present explear expleāris,
expleāre
expleātur expleāmur expleāminī expleantur
imperfect explērer explērēris,
explērēre
explērētur explērēmur explērēminī explērentur
perfect explētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect explētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present explē explēte
future explētō explētō explētōte explentō
passive present explēre explēminī
future explētor explētor explentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives explēre explēvisse,
explēsse2
explētūrum esse explērī,
explērier1
explētum esse explētum īrī
participles explēns explētūrus explētus explendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
explendī explendō explendum explendō explētum explētū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: expléter (borrowed via past participle)
  • English: explete (borrowed via past participle)
  • Italian: espletare (borrowed via past participle)
  • Sicilian: espritari (borrowed via past participle)

References

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  • expleo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • explĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • explĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 631.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem, sitim explere
    • to fulfil expectation: exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
    • to glut one's hatred: odium explere aliqua re (Liv. 4. 32)
    • to cool one's anger: animum explere
    • to satisfy one's desires: cupiditates explere, satiare
    • to fulfil the duties of one's position: munus explere, sustinere
  • expleō” on page 650 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “explere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 398/1