Etymology
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ex- + pleō
Pronunciation
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expleō (present infinitive explēre, perfect active explēvī, supine explētum); second conjugation
- (transitive) to fill up, occupy completely
- Synonyms: impleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
- Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
- (transitive, figuratively) to appease, satisfy, placate the thirst, satiate the hunger
- Synonym: pāscor
- (transitive) to supply, repair, compensate, repay
- Synonym: compōnō
- (transitive) to accomplish, perform, fulfill
- Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō, perferō
- (transitive, of time) to terminate, elapse
- (transitive, of space) to go all over, to travel up and down
Conjugation
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| Conjugation of expleō (second conjugation)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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expleō
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explēs
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explet
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explēmus
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explētis
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explent
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| imperfect
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explēbam
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explēbās
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explēbat
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explēbāmus
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explēbātis
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explēbant
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| future
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explēbō
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explēbis
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explēbit
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explēbimus
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explēbitis
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explēbunt
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| perfect
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explēvī
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explēvistī,
explēstī2
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explēvit,
explēt2
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explēvimus,
explēmus2
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explēvistis,
explēstis2
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explēvērunt,
explēvēre,
explērunt2
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| pluperfect
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explēveram,
explēram2
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explēverās,
explērās2
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explēverat,
explērat2
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explēverāmus,
explērāmus2
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explēverātis,
explērātis2
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explēverant,
explērant2
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| future perfect
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explēverō,
explērō2
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explēveris,
explēris2
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explēverit,
explērit2
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explēverimus,
explērimus2
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explēveritis,
explēritis2
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explēverint,
explērint2
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| passive
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present
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expleor
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explēris,
explēre
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explētur
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explēmur
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explēminī
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explentur
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| imperfect
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explēbar
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explēbāris,
explēbāre
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explēbātur
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explēbāmur
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explēbāminī
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explēbantur
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| future
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explēbor
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explēberis,
explēbere
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explēbitur
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explēbimur
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explēbiminī
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explēbuntur
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| perfect
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explētus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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explētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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explētus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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expleam
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expleās
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expleat
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expleāmus
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expleātis
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expleant
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| imperfect
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explērem
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explērēs
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explēret
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explērēmus
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explērētis
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explērent
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| perfect
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explēverim,
explērim2
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explēverīs,
explērīs2
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explēverit,
explērit2
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explēverīmus,
explērīmus2
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explēverītis,
explērītis2
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explēverint,
explērint2
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| pluperfect
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explēvissem,
explēssem2
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explēvissēs,
explēssēs2
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explēvisset,
explēsset2
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explēvissēmus,
explēssēmus2
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explēvissētis,
explēssētis2
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explēvissent,
explēssent2
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| passive
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present
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explear
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expleāris,
expleāre
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expleātur
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expleāmur
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expleāminī
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expleantur
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| imperfect
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explērer
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explērēris,
explērēre
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explērētur
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explērēmur
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explērēminī
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explērentur
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| perfect
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explētus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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explētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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explē
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—
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—
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explēte
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—
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| future
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—
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explētō
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explētō
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—
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explētōte
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explentō
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| passive
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present
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—
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explēre
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—
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—
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explēminī
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—
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| future
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—
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explētor
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explētor
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—
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—
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explentor
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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explēre
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explēvisse,
explēsse2
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explētūrum esse
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explērī,
explērier1
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explētum esse
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explētum īrī
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| participles
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explēns
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—
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explētūrus
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—
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explētus
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explendus
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| explendī
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explendō
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explendum
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explendō
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explētum
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explētū
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1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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- French: expléter (borrowed via past participle)
- English: explete (borrowed via past participle)
- Italian: espletare (borrowed via past participle)
- Sicilian: espritari (borrowed via past participle)
References
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- expleo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “explĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 631.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem, sitim explere
- to fulfil expectation: exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
- to glut one's hatred: odium explere aliqua re (Liv. 4. 32)
- to cool one's anger: animum explere
- to satisfy one's desires: cupiditates explere, satiare
- to fulfil the duties of one's position: munus explere, sustinere
- “expleō” on page 650 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “explere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 398/1
