oppleo Latin · revision 9267

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɔp.pɫe.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔp.ple.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oppleō''' (present infinitive opplēre, perfect active opplēvī, supine opplētum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''obpleō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ob-]] and [[pleō]] “to fill”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of filling with sounds or smells.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to fill completely, as in Livy, to cover a surface, as in Terence, and to fill with sounds, smells or other immaterial things, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short cite “the wounded fill the porticoes”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of covering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of filling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

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

+ # To cover, overspread.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[opplētus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compleō]]

+ * [[dēpleō]]

+ * [[expleō]]

+ * [[impleō]]

+ * [[repleō]]

+ * [[suppleō]]

+ * [[pleō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}