Latin

Verb

expleō ‎(present infinitive explēre, perfect active explēvī, supine explētum); second conjugation

1. I fill up
2. I complete

Conjugation

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References

• explĕo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• expleo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “explĕo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 631.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem, sitim explere
    
  • to fulfil expectation: exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
    
  • to glut one's hatred: odium explere aliqua re (Liv. 4. 32)
    
  • to cool one's anger: animum explere
    
  • to satisfy one's desires: cupiditates explere, satiare
    
  • to fulfil the duties of one's position: munus explere, sustinere
    
• “expleō” on page 650 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “explere” on page 398/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)