pleo

pleo

See also: 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

  1. 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.
    • 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

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127
  3. ^ Kapović, Mate, editor (2017), The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 432

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ple͜oː/
  • Rhymes: -e͜oː

Noun

plēo

  1. dative singular of pleoh