expleo

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pleō

Pronunciation

Verb

expleō (present infinitive explēre, perfect active explēvī, supine explētum); second conjugation

  1. (transitive) to fill up, occupy completely
    Synonyms: impleō, repleō, suppleō, cumulō, compleō, stīpō, imbuō
    Antonyms: exhauriō, dēpleō, dēfundō
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to appease, satisfy, placate the thirst, satiate the hunger
    Synonym: pāscor
  3. (transitive) to supply, repair, compensate, repay
    Synonym: compōnō
  4. (transitive) to accomplish, perform, fulfill
    Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, absolvō, conclūdō, condō, agō, patrō, cumulō, impleō, peragō, exsequor, fungor, efficiō, perpetrō, gerō, nāvō, trānsigō, persolvō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō, perferō
  5. (transitive, of time) to terminate, elapse
  6. (transitive, of space) to go all over, to travel up and down

Conjugation
   Conjugation of expleō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expleō explēs explet explēmus explētis explent
imperfect explēbam explēbās explēbat explēbāmus explēbātis explēbant
future explēbō explēbis explēbit explēbimus explēbitis explēbunt
perfect explēvī explēvistī,
explēstī2		 explēvit,
explēt2		 explēvimus,
explēmus2		 explēvistis,
explēstis2		 explēvērunt,
explēvēre,
explērunt2
pluperfect explēveram,
explēram2		 explēverās,
explērās2		 explēverat,
explērat2		 explēverāmus,
explērāmus2		 explēverātis,
explērātis2		 explēverant,
explērant2
future perfect explēverō,
explērō2		 explēveris,
explēris2		 explēverit,
explērit2		 explēverimus,
explērimus2		 explēveritis,
explēritis2		 explēverint,
explērint2
passive present expleor explēris,
explēre		 explētur explēmur explēminī explentur
imperfect explēbar explēbāris,
explēbāre		 explēbātur explēbāmur explēbāminī explēbantur
future explēbor explēberis,
explēbere		 explēbitur explēbimur explēbiminī explēbuntur
perfect explētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect explētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect explētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expleam expleās expleat expleāmus expleātis expleant
imperfect explērem explērēs explēret explērēmus explērētis explērent
perfect explēverim,
explērim2		 explēverīs,
explērīs2		 explēverit,
explērit2		 explēverīmus,
explērīmus2		 explēverītis,
explērītis2		 explēverint,
explērint2
pluperfect explēvissem,
explēssem2		 explēvissēs,
explēssēs2		 explēvisset,
explēsset2		 explēvissēmus,
explēssēmus2		 explēvissētis,
explēssētis2		 explēvissent,
explēssent2
passive present explear expleāris,
expleāre		 expleātur expleāmur expleāminī expleantur
imperfect explērer explērēris,
explērēre		 explērētur explērēmur explērēminī explērentur
perfect explētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect explētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — explē — — explēte —
future — explētō explētō — explētōte explentō
passive present — explēre — — explēminī —
future — explētor explētor — — explentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives explēre explēvisse,
explēsse2		 explētūrum esse explērī,
explērier1		 explētum esse explētum īrī
participles explēns — explētūrus — explētus explendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
explendī explendō explendum explendō explētum explētū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • French: expléter (borrowed via past participle)
  • English: explete (borrowed via past participle)
  • Italian: espletare (borrowed via past participle)
  • Sicilian: espritari (borrowed via past participle)

References
  • expleo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “explĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “expleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • explĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 631.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem, sitim explere
    • to fulfil expectation: exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
    • to glut one's hatred: odium explere aliqua re (Liv. 4. 32)
    • to cool one's anger: animum explere
    • to satisfy one's desires: cupiditates explere, satiare
    • to fulfil the duties of one's position: munus explere, sustinere
  • “expleō” on page 650 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “explere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 398/1
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