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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From con- + pleō .
Pronunciation
Verb
compleō (present infinitive complēre , perfect active complēvī , supine complētum ) ; second conjugation
to fill up , fill full, fill out ; make up , complete
Synonyms: impleō , expleō , repleō , suppleō , cumulō , stīpō , imbuō
Antonyms: exhauriō , dēpleō , dēfundō
to cover , overwhelm
to occupy , set up a garrison (military)
Synonyms: occupō , obsideō , possideō , obtineō , capiō , teneō , potior
( with food or drink ) to fill, sate ; satisfy
to finish , complete
( 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 , complēstī 1
complēvit , complēt 1
complēvimus , complēmus 1
complēvistis , complēstis 1
complēvērunt , complēvēre , complērunt 1
pluperfect
complēveram , complēram 1
complēverās , complērās 1
complēverat , complērat 1
complēverāmus , complērāmus 1
complēverātis , complērātis 1
complēverant , complērant 1
future perfect
complēverō , complērō 1
complēveris , complēris 1
complēverit , complērit 1
complēverimus , complērimus 1
complēveritis , complēritis 1
complēverint , complērint 1
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 , complērim 1
complēverīs , complērīs 1
complēverit , complērit 1
complēverīmus , complērīmus 1
complēverītis , complērītis 1
complēverint , complērint 1
pluperfect
complēvissem , complēssem 1
complēvissēs , complēssēs 1
complēvisset , complēsset 1
complēvissēmus , complēssēmus 1
complēvissētis , complēssētis 1
complēvissent , complēssent 1
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
active
passive
present
perfect
future
present
perfect
future
infinitives
complēre
complēvisse , complēsse 1
complētūrum esse
complērī
complētum esse
complētum īrī
participles
complēns
—
complētūrus
—
complētus
complendus
verbal nouns
gerund
supine
genitive
dative
accusative
ablative
accusative
ablative
complendī
complendō
complendum
complendō
complētum
complētū
1 At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
( All having the sense of 'finish, complete' )
Reflexes of an assumed variant *complīre :
Balkan Romance:
Italo-Romance:
North Italian:
Gallo-Romance:
Ibero-Romance: ( conserv. outcomes of /pl-/ )
Insular Romance:
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accomplīre
References
^ 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 , 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