complector

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ plectō.

Pronunciation

Verb

complector (present infinitive complectī, perfect active complexus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to embrace or hug
    Synonyms: amplector, teneō, implicō
  2. to encircle, surround, encompass
    Synonyms: amplector, stīpō, claudō, circumdō, circumveniō
  3. to comprehend, understand
    Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, apprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
  4. to include or involve
    Synonyms: contineō, inclūdō, apprehendō, teneō, amplector
  5. to seize or grasp
    Synonyms: teneo, retineo, capio, concipio, habeo, prehenso, apiscor, comprehendo

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: complect

References

  • complector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • complector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • complector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fall fast asleep: artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10)
    • to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
    • to grasp a thing mentally: animo, mente, cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, complecti
    • to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar