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Latin
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Etymology
From sub- + pleo.
Pronunciation
Verb
suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum); second conjugation
- to make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement
- Synonyms: compleō, impleō, repleō, expleō
- Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset,
- If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily,
- (military) to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit
- Synonyms: adōrnō, ōrnō, exōrnō, praebeō
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References
- “suppleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suppleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suppleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- suppleo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016