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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la compleō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔmˈpɫeː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [komˈplɛː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''complētus''' (feminine complēta, neuter complētum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''conplētus'', and Gellius has the comparative ''complētior''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the perfect participle of [[compleō]] “to fill up”, from [[com-]] and ⟨*pleō⟩ “to fill”, used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source and Gaffiot's citation are from Cicero, of a rounded-off, complete sentence.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant rounded off, finished, complete, as in Cicero, and Gellius has a comparative.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler records it again in Justinian's Novels, after 534.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ [[en|complete]] (late 14th century, “having no deficiency”) comes from Old French ''complet'' or directly from ''complētus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses the comparative.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Rounded off, finished, [[m|en|complete]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[complētiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compleō]]

+ * [[en|complete]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}