impleo
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈim.ple.oː/, [ˈɪmpɫ̪eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.ple.o/, [ˈimpleo]
Verb
impleō (present infinitive implēre, perfect active implēvī, supine implētum); second conjugation
- I fill up, fill full; cover. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case)
- I satisfy, satiate.
- I make fat or fleshy, fill, fatten.
- I make pregnant, impregnate.
- I amount or fill up to.
- I fill up, take up.
- (figuratively) I complete, finish, fulfill, execute, end.
- I perform an office, represent one’s post.
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
- adimpleō
- implēmentum
- implētiō
- implētus
- superimpleō
Descendants
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭmplēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 593
Further reading
- “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 (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- impleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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