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Etymology edit

From in- +‎ pleō.

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Verb edit

impleō (present infinitive implēre, perfect active implēvī, supine implētum); second conjugation

  1. to fill up, fill full; cover. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case)
    Synonyms: expleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
    alicuius rei implereto fill with something
  2. to satisfy, satiate
  3. to make fat or fleshy, fill, fatten
  4. to make pregnant, impregnate
  5. to amount or fill up to
  6. to fill up, take up
  7. (figuratively) to complete, finish, fulfill, execute, end
    Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, expleō, efficiō, patrō, cumulō, nāvō, exsequor, dēfungor, fungor, perpetrō, trānsigō, gerō, peragō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō
  8. to perform an office, represent one’s post

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of impleō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present impleō implēs implet implēmus implētis implent
imperfect implēbam implēbās implēbat implēbāmus implēbātis implēbant
future implēbō implēbis implēbit implēbimus implēbitis implēbunt
perfect implēvī implēvistī,
implēstī1
implēvit,
implēt1
implēvimus,
implēmus1
implēvistis,
implēstis1
implēvērunt,
implēvēre,
implērunt1
pluperfect implēveram,
implēram1
implēverās,
implērās1
implēverat,
implērat1
implēverāmus,
implērāmus1
implēverātis,
implērātis1
implēverant,
implērant1
future perfect implēverō,
implērō1
implēveris,
implēris1
implēverit,
implērit1
implēverimus,
implērimus1
implēveritis,
implēritis1
implēverint,
implērint1
passive present impleor implēris,
implēre
implētur implēmur implēminī implentur
imperfect implēbar implēbāris,
implēbāre
implēbātur implēbāmur implēbāminī implēbantur
future implēbor implēberis,
implēbere
implēbitur implēbimur implēbiminī implēbuntur
perfect implētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect implētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect implētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present impleam impleās impleat impleāmus impleātis impleant
imperfect implērem implērēs implēret implērēmus implērētis implērent
perfect implēverim,
implērim1
implēverīs,
implērīs1
implēverit,
implērit1
implēverīmus,
implērīmus1
implēverītis,
implērītis1
implēverint,
implērint1
pluperfect implēvissem,
implēssem1
implēvissēs,
implēssēs1
implēvisset,
implēsset1
implēvissēmus,
implēssēmus1
implēvissētis,
implēssētis1
implēvissent,
implēssent1
passive present implear impleāris,
impleāre
impleātur impleāmur impleāminī impleantur
imperfect implērer implērēris,
implērēre
implērētur implērēmur implērēminī implērentur
perfect implētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect implētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present implē implēte
future implētō implētō implētōte implentō
passive present implēre implēminī
future implētor implētor implentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives implēre implēvisse,
implēsse1
implētūrum esse implērī implētum esse implētum īrī
participles implēns implētūrus implētus implendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
implendī implendō implendum implendō implētum implētū

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

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Descendants edit

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: umpleari
    • Romanian: umplea, împlea
  • Dalmatian:
  • Ibero-Romance: (may also reflect *implĕre)
  • Borrowings:

Reflexes of an assumed variant *implĕre:

Reflexes of an assumed variant *implīre:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ 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.