pleo Latin · revision 8345

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Festus|origins=ine-pro *pleh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pleō''' (present infinitive plēre, perfect active plēvī, supine plētum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*plē-|t=to fill]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pleh₁-|t=to fill]], originally an aorist stem.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) Cognate with [[sa|पिपर्ति|tr=píparti|t=fills]] and [[grc|πίμπλημι|tr=pímplēmi|t=I fill]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The simple verb is cited only by grammarians: Festus reports that the ancients said ''plentur'' “they are filled” without a prefix.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to fill, fill up.^(OLD 2012) It is the root of [[plēnus]] “full” and of its compounds [[compleō]], [[expleō]], [[impleō]] and [[suppleō]], which are the forms in actual use.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Through these compounds it lies behind [[en|complete]], [[en|implement]], [[en|supply]] and [[en|replete]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – English ''complete'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fill]], fill up.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[compleō]]

+ * [[dēpleō]]

+ * [[expleō]]

+ * [[impleō]]

+ * [[oppleō]]

+ * [[plēnus]]

+ * [[plētūra]]

+ * [[repleō]]

+ * [[sēmiplētus]]

+ * [[suppleō]]

+ * [[locuplēs]]

+ * [[manipulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|complete]]

+ * [[en|replete]]

+ * [[en|supply]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ British Medieval Latin has an unrelated ''pleō'', a peg or thatching-pin, from Old French ''ploion''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}