pleo
Latin
Etymology
Exists only as a bound morpheme in prefixed verbs, where it continues Proto-Italic *plēō, perhaps—according to De Vaan—from a root aorist *pléh₁-t, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”).[1] The perfect passive participle plētus may have replaced earlier *plātus, from *pl̥h₁tós.[2] However, the pre-form of the participle is alternatively reconstructed as *pleh₁tós.[3] For cognates, compare Russian -по́лнить (-pólnitʹ), a cognate with the same meaning that likewise does not occur uncompounded.
Verb
pleō (present infinitive plēre, perfect active plēvī, supine plētum); second conjugation
- Combining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill".
- ca. 500, Pompeius, In artem Donati p. 240l.34:
- […] est <etiam> conpositum quod nōn potest fierī simplex, ut conpleō: nēmō potest dīcere pleō.
- it's likewise a compound when it cannot be used on its own, such as complete: one can't say plete.
- […] est <etiam> conpositum quod nōn potest fierī simplex, ut conpleō: nēmō potest dīcere pleō.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:pleo.
Conjugation
Only one form, plendī (CIL 2.6278.38), is attested in Classical Latin without a prefix outside of grammarians. (Festus p.230M) also cites plentur without attribution.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “-pleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 472
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127
- ^ Kapović, Mate, editor (2017), The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 432
- “pleō” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- “pleō” on page 1530 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “pleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pleo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ple͜oː/
- Rhymes: -e͜oː
Noun
plēo
- dative singular of pleoh