Latin

Verb

complector ‎(present infinitive complectī, perfect active complexus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. I embrace or hug
2. I encircle
3. I include or involve
4. I seize or grasp

Inflection

Derived terms

• complexiō

Synonyms

• amplector

References

• complector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• complector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “complector”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall fast asleep: artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10)
    
  • to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
    
  • to grasp a thing mentally: animo, mente, cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, complecti
    
  • to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar