compleo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ pleō.

Pronunciation

Verb

compleō (present infinitive complēre, perfect active complēvī, supine complētum); second conjugation

  1. to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete
    Synonyms: impleō, expleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
    Pōculum complēvit et hausit. Aquam et vīnum miscuit. Collāpsus est. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to cover, overwhelm
  3. to occupy, set up a garrison (military)
    Synonyms: occupō, obsideō, possideō, obtineō, capiō, teneō, potior
  4. (with food or drink) to fill, sate; satisfy
  5. to finish, complete
  6. (of a promise) to fulfil

Conjugation

   Conjugation of compleō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compleō complēs complet complēmus complētis complent
imperfect complēbam complēbās complēbat complēbāmus complēbātis complēbant
future complēbō complēbis complēbit complēbimus complēbitis complēbunt
perfect complēvī complēvistī,
complēstī1 		complēvit,
complēt1 		complēvimus,
complēmus1 		complēvistis,
complēstis1 		complēvērunt,
complērunt,
complēvēre1
pluperfect complēveram,
complēram1 		complēverās,
complērās1 		complēverat,
complērat1 		complēverāmus,
complērāmus1 		complēverātis,
complērātis1 		complēverant,
complērant1
future perfect complēverō,
complērō1 		complēveris,
complēris1 		complēverit,
complērit1 		complēverimus,
complērimus1 		complēveritis,
complēritis1 		complēverint,
complērint1
passive present compleor complēris,
complēre 		complētur complēmur complēminī complentur
imperfect complēbar complēbāris,
complēbāre 		complēbātur complēbāmur complēbāminī complēbantur
future complēbor complēberis,
complēbere 		complēbitur complēbimur complēbiminī complēbuntur
perfect complētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect complētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect complētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present compleam compleās compleat compleāmus compleātis compleant
imperfect complērem complērēs complēret complērēmus complērētis complērent
perfect complēverim,
complērim1 		complēverīs,
complērīs1 		complēverit,
complērit1 		complēverīmus,
complērīmus1 		complēverītis,
complērītis1 		complēverint,
complērint1
pluperfect complēvissem,
complēssem1 		complēvissēs,
complēssēs1 		complēvisset,
complēsset1 		complēvissēmus,
complēssēmus1 		complēvissētis,
complēssētis1 		complēvissent,
complēssent1
passive present complear compleāris,
compleāre 		compleātur compleāmur compleāminī compleantur
imperfect complērer complērēris,
complērēre 		complērētur complērēmur complērēminī complērentur
perfect complētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect complētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — complē — — complēte —
future — complētō complētō — complētōte complentō
passive present — complēre — — complēminī —
future — complētor complētor — — complentor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present complēre complērī complēns —
future complētūrum esse complētum īrī complētūrus complendus
perfect complēvisse,
complēsse1 		complētum esse — complētus
future perfect — complētum fore — —
perfect potential complētūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
complendī complendō complendum complendō complētum complētū

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

Derived terms

Descendants

(All having the sense of "finish, complete"):

  • Insular Romance:
    • Old Sassarese: clomper
      • Sassarese: zompere
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: compiere
    • Neapolitan: cùnchiere (Calabria)
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: compler
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accomplēre
    • Italian: accompiere

Reflexes of an assumed variant *complīre:[1]

References

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

Further reading

  • “compleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “compleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to reach one's hundredth year, to live to be a hundred: centum annos complere
    • to fill up the numbers of the legions: complere legiones (B. C. 1. 25)
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
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