suppleo

Latin

Alternative forms

• subpleō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ pleo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.ple.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊpːɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.ple.o/, [ˈsupːleo]

Verb

suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum); second conjugation

1. to make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement

   Synonyms: compleō, impleō, repleō, expleō

   Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:

     Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]

     If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily, […]

2. (military) to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit

   Synonyms: adōrnō, ōrnō, exōrnō, praebeō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of suppleō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suppleō		supplēs		supplet		supplēmus		supplētis		supplent
	imperfect	supplēbam		supplēbās		supplēbat		supplēbāmus		supplēbātis		supplēbant
	future	supplēbō		supplēbis		supplēbit		supplēbimus		supplēbitis		supplēbunt
	perfect	supplēvī		supplēvistī		supplēvit		supplēvimus		supplēvistis		supplēvērunt, supplēvēre
	pluperfect	supplēveram		supplēverās		supplēverat		supplēverāmus		supplēverātis		supplēverant
	future perfect	supplēverō		supplēveris		supplēverit		supplēverimus		supplēveritis		supplēverint
passive	present	suppleor		supplēris, supplēre		supplētur		supplēmur		supplēminī		supplentur
	imperfect	supplēbar		supplēbāris, supplēbāre		supplēbātur		supplēbāmur		supplēbāminī		supplēbantur
	future	supplēbor		supplēberis, supplēbere		supplēbitur		supplēbimur		supplēbiminī		supplēbuntur
	perfect	supplētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supplētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supplētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	suppleam		suppleās		suppleat		suppleāmus		suppleātis		suppleant
	imperfect	supplērem		supplērēs		supplēret		supplērēmus		supplērētis		supplērent
	perfect	supplēverim		supplēverīs		supplēverit		supplēverīmus		supplēverītis		supplēverint
	pluperfect	supplēvissem		supplēvissēs		supplēvisset		supplēvissēmus		supplēvissētis		supplēvissent
passive	present	supplear		suppleāris, suppleāre		suppleātur		suppleāmur		suppleāminī		suppleantur
	imperfect	supplērer		supplērēris, supplērēre		supplērētur		supplērēmur		supplērēminī		supplērentur
	perfect	supplētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supplētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		supplē		—		—		supplēte		—
	future	—		supplētō		supplētō		—		supplētōte		supplentō
passive	present	—		supplēre		—		—		supplēminī		—
	future	—		supplētor		supplētor		—		—		supplentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		supplēre			supplērī			supplēns			—
future		supplētūrum esse			supplētum īrī			supplētūrus			supplendus
perfect		supplēvisse			supplētum esse			—			supplētus
future perfect		—			supplētum fore			—			—
perfect potential		supplētūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		supplendī		supplendō		supplendum		supplendō		supplētum		supplētū

Derived terms

• supplēmentum
• supplētōrium
• supplētus

Related terms

• compleō
• dēpleō
• expleō
• impleō
• oppleō
• repleō

Descendants

• Catalan: suplir
• Danish: supplere
• Galician: suplir
• German: supplieren
• Ido: suplear
• Italian: supplire, sopperire
• Old French: souploier
  • French: suppléer
  • → Middle English: supplien
    • English: supply
• Portuguese: suprir
• Spanish: suplir

References

• “suppleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suppleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suppleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• suppleo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016