expleo Latin · revision 8068

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la pleō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛk.spɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛk.sple.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''expleō''' (present infinitive explēre, perfect active explēvī, supine explētum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Festus reports an old ''explenunt'' for ''explent''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-]] “out, completely” and ⟨pleō⟩ “to fill”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of covering completely and of satisfying.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to fill up a vessel, as in Lucretius, and in Plautus to fill all the space, and to satisfy someone's appetites.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to bring up to full measure, and to carry to completion.^(OLD 2012) In Propertius it meant to complete a period, ''suprēmum diem explēre'' to die, and in Ennius apparently to disembark.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to fill, fulfil, finish, complete.^(Stelten 1995) Its derivative ''explētīvus'' “filling out” is behind [[en|expletive]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of disembarking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of filling and satisfying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of completing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To fill up; to cover completely.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|satisfy]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make up (a number).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To complete, [[m|en|accomplish]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To complete (a period), ''suprēmum diem explēre'', to die.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[explēmentum]]

+ * [[explētiō]]

+ * [[explētīvus]]

+ * [[expletor]]

+ * [[inexplētus]]

+ * [[explētrix]]

+ * [[explētus]]

+ * [[inexplēbilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compleō]]

+ * [[impleō]]

+ * [[en|expletive]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}