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impleo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ pleō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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impleō (present infinitive implēre, perfect active implēvī, supine implētum); second conjugation

  1. to fill up or with, fill fully; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case)
    Synonyms: expleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
    alicuius rei implereto fill with something
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.30:
      Sīc effāta, sinum lacrimīs implēvit obortīs.
      Having spoken in this way, she filled her bosom with the tears which had arisen.
      (In other words, despite having just stated her resolve, Dido is now crying profusely.)
  2. to satisfy, satiate
  3. to make fat or fleshy, fill, fatten
  4. to make pregnant, impregnate
  5. to amount or fill up to
  6. to fill up, take up
  7. (figuratively) to complete, finish, fulfill, execute, end
    Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, efficiō, patrō, cumulō, nāvō, exsequor, dēfungor, fungor, perpetrō, trānsigō, gerō, peragō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō
  8. to perform an office, represent one’s post

Conjugation

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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: umpleari
    • Romanian: umplea, împlea
  • Dalmatian:
  • Ibero-Romance: (may also reflect *implĕre)
  • Borrowings:

Reflexes of an assumed variant *implĕre:

Reflexes of an assumed variant *implīre:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 167

Further reading

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  • impleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impleo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • impleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.