compleo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con- +‎ pleō.

Pronunciation

Verb

compleō (present infinitive complēre, perfect active complēvī, supine complētum); second conjugation

  1. to fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete
    Synonyms: impleō, expleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
  2. to cover, overwhelm
  3. to occupy, set up a garrison (military)
    Synonyms: occupō, obsideō, possideō, obtineō, capiō, teneō, potior
  4. (with food or drink) to fill, sate; satisfy
  5. to finish, complete
  6. (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,
complēstī1		 complēvit,
complēt1		 complēvimus,
complēmus1		 complēvistis,
complēstis1		 complēvērunt,
complēvēre,
complērunt1
pluperfect complēveram,
complēram1		 complēverās,
complērās1		 complēverat,
complērat1		 complēverāmus,
complērāmus1		 complēverātis,
complērātis1		 complēverant,
complērant1
future perfect complēverō,
complērō1		 complēveris,
complēris1		 complēverit,
complērit1		 complēverimus,
complērimus1		 complēveritis,
complēritis1		 complēverint,
complērint1
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,
complērim1		 complēverīs,
complērīs1		 complēverit,
complērit1		 complēverīmus,
complērīmus1		 complēverītis,
complērītis1		 complēverint,
complērint1
pluperfect complēvissem,
complēssem1		 complēvissēs,
complēssēs1		 complēvisset,
complēsset1		 complēvissēmus,
complēssēmus1		 complēvissētis,
complēssētis1		 complēvissent,
complēssent1
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,
complēsse1		 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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

(All having the sense of 'finish, complete')

  • Italian: compiere
  • Neapolitan: cunchiere (Calabria)
  • Old French: compler
  • Old Sassarese: clomper
    • Sassarese: zompere

Reflexes of an assumed variant *complīre:[1]

  • Balkan Romance:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
    • Friulian: complî
    • Piedmontese: conpì
    • Romagnol: ciumpì
    • Venetian: conpir
      • →? Friulian: compî
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance: (conserv. outcomes of /pl-/)
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: lompiri (Campidanese)
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accomplīre

References
  1. 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
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