impleo
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈim.ple.oː/, [ˈɪmpɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈim.ple.o/, [ˈimpleo]
Verb
[edit]impleō (present infinitive implēre, perfect active implēvī, supine implētum); second conjugation
- to fill up, fill full; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case)
- Synonyms: expleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
- Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
- alicuius rei implere ― to fill with something
- to satisfy, satiate
- to make fat or fleshy, fill, fatten
- to make pregnant, impregnate
- to amount or fill up to
- to fill up, take up
- (figuratively) to complete, finish, fulfill, execute, end
- to perform an office, represent one’s post
Conjugation
[edit]1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: umpleari
- Romanian: umplea, împlea
- Dalmatian:
- Ibero-Romance: (may also reflect *implĕre)
- Borrowings:
- → English: implete (rare)
Reflexes of an assumed variant *implĕre:
- Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: umple, împle
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ùmprere
Reflexes of an assumed variant *implīre:[1]
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: umpliri
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: empìre
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ump(r)ìre, -i
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
[edit]- Alkire, Ti, Rosen, Carol (2010) Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 106
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭmplēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 593
- ^ Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 167
Further reading
[edit]- “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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- impleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.