suppleo

suppleo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • subpleō

Etymology

    From sub- + pleo.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum); second conjugation

    1. 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, []
    2. (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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016