explĕo

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to make losses good/ fulfil, discharge (duties).

, explevi, expletum

to fill, fill up, complete, finish.

ex-plĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (archaic form explenunt, for explent, acc. to Fest. p. 80; cf.: solinunt, nequinunt, danunt, for solent, nequeunt, dant; v. do, redeo and soleo init.; inf. praes. explerier, Lucr. 6, 21.—

Contracted form expleris,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205; Verg. A. 7, 766. explessent, Liv. 23, 22, 1; 37, 47, 7; inf. explesse, Verg. A. 2, 586 al.), v. a. [PLEO, whence plenus, compleo, suppleo].

To fill up, fill full, fill (class.).

Lit.:

fossam aggere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79 fin.:

fossas,

id. ib. 82, 3; Dig. 39, 3, 24; cf.:

paludem cratibus atque aggere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 1:

neque inferciens verba, quasi rimas expleat,

Cic. Or. 69, 231:

vulnera,

Plin. 35, 6, 21, § 38:

cicatrices,

id. 36, 21, 42, § 156:

alopecias,

id. 34, 18, 55, § 177:

bovem strictis frondibus,

i. e. to give him his fill, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

se,

to fill, cram one's self, Plaut. Curc. 3, 16; Cels. 1, 2 fin.; cf.:

edim atque ambabus malis expletis vorem,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 74:

ut milites contingant inter se atque omnem munitionem expleant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

locum (cohortes),

i. e. to occupy completely, id. ib. 1, 45, 4:

explevi totas ceras quattuor,

have filled, written full, Plaut. Curc. 3, 40:

deum bonis omnibus explere mundum,

Cic. Univ. 3:

expleti (voce) oris janua raditur,

filled up, Lucr. 4, 532, v. Lachm. ad h. l.:

aliquem numerum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 4 fin.:

numerum,

Liv. 5, 10, 10; 24, 11, 4; Verg. A. 6, 545:

centurias,

to have the full number of votes, Liv. 37, 47, 7:

tribus,

id. 3, 64, 8:

justam muri altitudinem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 4:

His rebus celeriter id, quod Avarici deperierat, expletur,

is filled up, made good, id. ib. 7, 31, 4; Liv. 23, 22, 1:

sic explevit, quod utrique defuit,

Cic. Brut. 42, 154.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill up, complete, finish:

id autem ejusmodi est, ut additum ad virtutem auctoritatem videatur habiturum et expleturum cumulate vitam beatam,

make quite complete, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42; cf.

damnationem,

id. Caecin. 10, 29:

partem relictam,

id. Off. 3, 7, 34: damna, Liv. 3, 68, 3; cf. id. 30, 5, 5:

explet concluditque sententias,

Cic. Or. 69, 230; cf.:

sententias mollioribus numeris,

id. ib. 13, 40:

animum gaudio,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 2.—

In partic.

To satisfy, sate, glut, appease a longing, or one who longs (the fig. being that of filling or stuffing with food):

quas (litteras Graecas) sic avide arripui quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,

Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

famem,

Phaedr. 4, 18, 5; cf.:

jejunam cupidinem,

Lucr. 4, 876: libidines (with satiare), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 424, 30 (Rep. 6, 1); cf.:

explere cupiditates, satiare odium,

id. Part. Or. 27, 96:

libidinem,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

odium factis dictisque,

Liv. 4, 32, 12; Tac. A. 15, 52:

desiderium,

Liv. 1, 9, 15:

iram,

id. 7, 30, 15; cf.:

omnem exspectationem diuturni desiderii nostri,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205:

avaritiam pecuniā,

id. Rosc. Am. 52, 150; Tac. H. 2, 13:

spem omnium,

Just. 22, 8; Liv. 35, 44, 4; Suet. Aug. 75 fin. et saep.:

me,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 67; cf.:

non enim vereor, ne non scribendo te expleam,

Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

se caede diu optata,

Liv. 31, 24, 11:

tantum regem (divitiis),

Just. 9, 2:

aliquem muneribus,

Sall. J. 13, 6; 20, 1; Cic. Phil. 2, 20, 50:

omnis suos divitiis,

Sall. C. 51, 34:

animum suum (amore),

Ter. And. 1, 2, 17:

animum gaudio,

id. ib. 2, 2, 2; cf. id. Hec. 5, 1, 28; 5, 2, 19:

corda tuendo,

Verg. A. 8, 265; cf.:

expleri mentem nequit ardescitque tuendo Phoenissa,

id. ib. 1, 713:

expletur lacrimis dolor,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 38: alicujus crudelitatem sanguine, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 225.— And reflex.:

ut eorum agris expleti atque saturati cum hoc cumulo quaestus decederent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42 fin. — Poet.:

aliquem alicujus rei (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 463, and v. impleo): animumque explesse juvabit ultricis flammae,

to have sated the mind with the fire of revenge, Verg. A. 2, 586.—

To fulfil, discharge, execute, perform a duty:

amicitiae munus,

Cic. Lael. 19, 67:

susceptum rei publicae munus,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

excusatione officium scribendi,

id. Fam. 16, 25:

mandatum,

Dig. 17, 1, 27.—

Of time, to complete, finish, bring to a close:

tum signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis, expletum annum habeto,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22 fin.:

fatales annos,

Tib. 1, 3, 53:

quosdam in Aetolia ducentos annos explere,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154:

explebat annum trigesimum,

Tac. H. 1, 48.

( Ex in privative signif.; v. ex, III. A.). To unload: navibus explebant sese terrasque replebant, i. e. disembarked, exonerabant se, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 545 (Ann. v. 310 ed. Vahl.).—Hence, ex-plētus, a, um, P. a., full, complete, perfect:

quod undique perfectum expletumque sit omnibus suis numeris ac partibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 37:

undique expleta et perfecta forma honestatis,

id. Fin. 2, 15, 48:

ea, quae natura desiderat, expleta cumulataque habere,

id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

expletum omnibus suis partibus,

id. Fin. 3, 9, 32:

vita animi corporisque expleta virtutibus,

id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

expleta rerum comprehensio,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21.— Absol.:

parum expleta desiderant,

Quint. 9, 4, 116.

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explēmentum, i, n. [expleo], that which fills up.

Lit., of food, a filling, stuffing:

inanimentis explementum quaerito,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 19:

cacumina arborum explementum esse ventris,

Sen. Ep. 110, 12.—

Trop., of speech, a complement, supplement:

quod sequitur... explementum esse,

Sen. Suas. 2, 20.

implĕo ( inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:

implerunt,

Verg. E. 6, 48; id. G. 4, 461; Pers. 1, 99; Ov. M. 11, 666 al.:

impleris,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

implerit,

Ov. M. 6, 111:

implerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

implerat,

Ov. M. 9, 280 al.:

implessem,

Verg. A. 4, 605:

implesset,

Ov. M. 9, 667:

inplesse,

Liv. 4, 41; Tib. 3, 3, 1; Tac. H. 2, 78 al.), v. a. [inpleo], to fill up, fill full, to make full, fill (freq. and class.; cf. expleo, compleo).

Lit.

In gen.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

is vomens frustis esculentis gremium suum et totum tribunal implevit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

implevitque mero pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 729:

foros flammis,

id. ib. 4, 605:

herbarum suco expresso caput impleatur,

i. e. be wet all over with, Cels. 3, 18 med.; so,

caput calido oleo,

id. 4, 2, 1 med.:

cibis vinoque venas,

Liv. 26, 14, 5: manum pinu flagranti, fills his hand with, i. e. grasps, Verg. A. 9, 72:

fusti istorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6; cf.

in the comic pun: quae (dolia) nisi erunt semper plena, ego te implebo flagris,

id. Cas. 1, 35:

tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit,

Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf. in the foll. g:

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis,

filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—

Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf.

compleo): ollam denariorum implere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—

With a simple acc.:

id mustum coicies in amphoram et implebis ad summum,

Col. 12, 36:

alter de ipsa justitia quatuor implevit sane grandes libros,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

In partic.

To fill with food, to satisfy, satiate:

praeparatā nos implevimus cenā,

Petr. 16:

implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae,

satisfy, regale themselves, Verg. A. 1, 215; so,

vis impleri, mid.,

Juv. 5, 75; cf.:

se interdiu,

Cels. 1, 2 fin. —

To fill, to make fleshy, fat, stout:

si aqua inter cutem quem implevit,

Cels. 2, 8 med.:

implet corpus modica exercitatio, etc.,

makes fat, id. 1, 3 med.:

nascentes implent conchylia lunae,

fill up, fatten, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

Nomentanae vites se frequenter implent,

Col. 3, 2, 14.—Hence also of women and animals, to make pregnant, impregnate:

(Peleus Thetidem) ingenti implet Achille,

Ov. M. 11, 265; 4, 698; 5, 111; 9, 280; so of animals: sues implentur uno coitu, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205; 9, 23, 39, § 76; Col. 7, 6, 3. —

To fill up, amount to a certain measure:

mensuraque roboris ulnas Quinque ter implebat,

Ov. M. 8, 748:

arboris crassitudo quatuor hominum ulnas complectentium implebat,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202; cf. id. 18, 10, 20, § 92:

luna quater junctis implerat cornibus orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 344; 7, 530.

Trop.

Ingen., to fill, make full.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

impune ut urbem nomine impleris meo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

urbem tumultu,

Liv. 24, 26, 12; cf.:

voce deos,

Val. Fl. 2, 167:

aliquem hortatibus,

id. 4, 81:

aliquem spe,

Just. 29, 4 fin.:

pectus falsis terroribus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

scopulos lacrimosis vocibus,

Verg. A. 11, 274:

multitudinem exspectatione vana,

Liv. 36, 29, 3; 41, 5, 2:

milites praeda,

satisfy, id. 7, 16, 3; 25, 20, 6:

omnia terrore,

id. 9, 24, 8:

anxiis curis,

id. 1, 56, 4 et saep.:

vacua causarum conviciis,

Quint. 12, 9, 8; 4, 2, 114; Tac. A. 1, 22:

rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere,

Quint. 9, 3, 74; cf. id. 5, 13, 56; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

cum sese sociorum, cum regum sanguine implerint,

have filled, covered, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

se caedibus,

Sil. 9, 528:

te ager vitibus implet,

enriches, Juv. 9, 56.— Pass.:

omnia delubra pacem deum exposcentium virorum turba inplebantur,

were thronged, Liv. 3, 5, 14.—

Aliquid ( aliquem) alicujus rei:

celeriter adulescentem suae temeritatis implet,

Liv. 1, 46, 8:

omnia erroris mutui,

id. 4, 41, 7:

aliquem spei animorumque,

id. 7, 7, 5:

aliquem religionis,

id. 5, 28, 4:

hostes fugae et formidinis,

id. 10, 14, 20 et saep.—

With the simple acc.:

acta magni Herculis implerant terras,

Ov. M. 9, 135; 9, 667; id. F. 1, 93:

quod tectum magnus hospes impleveris,

hast filled with thy presence, thy greatness, Plin. Pan. 15, 4; id. Ep. 7, 24 fin.:

non semper implet (Demosthenes) aures meas,

does not always satisfy, Cic. Or. 29, 104:

odium novercae,

Ov. M. 9, 135: implere ceterorum rudes animos, i. q. to inflame, to poison, Tac. A. 1, 31; cf.:

urbs deinde impletur (sc. contagione morbi),

Liv. 4, 30, 8:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

vestigia alicujus,

to follow after, imitate, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 1:

ceras pusillas,

i. e. to cover with writing, Juv. 14, 30; cf.:

ceras capaces,

id. 1, 63:

tabulas,

id. 2, 58:

vices,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 432.—

With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—

In partic.

To fill up a portion of time or a number, to make out, complete, finish, end:

puer, qui nondum impleverat annum,

Ov. M. 9, 338:

octavum et nonagesimum annum,

Quint. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

me quater undenos sciat implevisse Decembres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 27:

vitae cursum,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75:

finem vitae sponte an fato,

Tac. A. 2, 42 fin.:

impleta ut essent sex milia,

Liv. 33, 14; cf.:

cohortes conscripserat ac triginta legionum instar impleverat,

Vell. 2, 20, 4:

si numerum, si tres implevero,

Juv. 9, 90.—

With the accessory notion of activity, to fulfil, discharge, execute, satisfy, content:

ne id profiteri videar, quod non possim implere,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.

promissum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

munia sua,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

incohatas delationes,

Dig. 48, 1, 5:

consilium,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

vera bona,

id. Agr. 44:

fata,

Liv. 1, 7, 11:

utinam quam spem ille de me concepit, partes officii,

Plin. Ep. 5, 56, 3; 10, 52, 2 (D):

impleverim!

id. ib. 1, 10, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 12:

desideria naturae,

Curt. 6, 2, 3:

exsequiarum officium,

Just. 23, 2, 8:

religionis officium,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 35, 3:

hominis officium, Lact. Op. Dei, 20, 9: officium (opp. suscipere),

id. 6, 6, 15:

mandatum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 161:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 13, 8.—Rarely with a personal object:

implere censorem,

i. e. to discharge the office of censor, Vell. 2, 95 fin. Ruhnk.—

Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent:

infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur,

Quint. 5, 13, 56.

ĭn-explēbĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-expleo], that cannot be filled, insatiable (class.).

Lit.:

inexplebilis potu,

Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 88. stomachus, Sen. Ep. 89 fin.; cf.:

populi fauces,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66.—

Trop.:

cupiditas,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

vir inexplebilis virtutis veraeque laudis,

Liv. 28, 17, 2:

honorum fames,

Flor. 3, 21, 6:

colloquiorum,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 15, 1.

implĕo ( inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:

implerunt,

Verg. E. 6, 48; id. G. 4, 461; Pers. 1, 99; Ov. M. 11, 666 al.:

impleris,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

implerit,

Ov. M. 6, 111:

implerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

implerat,

Ov. M. 9, 280 al.:

implessem,

Verg. A. 4, 605:

implesset,

Ov. M. 9, 667:

inplesse,

Liv. 4, 41; Tib. 3, 3, 1; Tac. H. 2, 78 al.), v. a. [inpleo], to fill up, fill full, to make full, fill (freq. and class.; cf. expleo, compleo).

Lit.

In gen.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

is vomens frustis esculentis gremium suum et totum tribunal implevit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

implevitque mero pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 729:

foros flammis,

id. ib. 4, 605:

herbarum suco expresso caput impleatur,

i. e. be wet all over with, Cels. 3, 18 med.; so,

caput calido oleo,

id. 4, 2, 1 med.:

cibis vinoque venas,

Liv. 26, 14, 5: manum pinu flagranti, fills his hand with, i. e. grasps, Verg. A. 9, 72:

fusti istorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6; cf.

in the comic pun: quae (dolia) nisi erunt semper plena, ego te implebo flagris,

id. Cas. 1, 35:

tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit,

Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf. in the foll. g:

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis,

filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—

Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf.

compleo): ollam denariorum implere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—

With a simple acc.:

id mustum coicies in amphoram et implebis ad summum,

Col. 12, 36:

alter de ipsa justitia quatuor implevit sane grandes libros,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

In partic.

To fill with food, to satisfy, satiate:

praeparatā nos implevimus cenā,

Petr. 16:

implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae,

satisfy, regale themselves, Verg. A. 1, 215; so,

vis impleri, mid.,

Juv. 5, 75; cf.:

se interdiu,

Cels. 1, 2 fin. —

To fill, to make fleshy, fat, stout:

si aqua inter cutem quem implevit,

Cels. 2, 8 med.:

implet corpus modica exercitatio, etc.,

makes fat, id. 1, 3 med.:

nascentes implent conchylia lunae,

fill up, fatten, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

Nomentanae vites se frequenter implent,

Col. 3, 2, 14.—Hence also of women and animals, to make pregnant, impregnate:

(Peleus Thetidem) ingenti implet Achille,

Ov. M. 11, 265; 4, 698; 5, 111; 9, 280; so of animals: sues implentur uno coitu, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205; 9, 23, 39, § 76; Col. 7, 6, 3. —

To fill up, amount to a certain measure:

mensuraque roboris ulnas Quinque ter implebat,

Ov. M. 8, 748:

arboris crassitudo quatuor hominum ulnas complectentium implebat,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202; cf. id. 18, 10, 20, § 92:

luna quater junctis implerat cornibus orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 344; 7, 530.

Trop.

Ingen., to fill, make full.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

impune ut urbem nomine impleris meo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

urbem tumultu,

Liv. 24, 26, 12; cf.:

voce deos,

Val. Fl. 2, 167:

aliquem hortatibus,

id. 4, 81:

aliquem spe,

Just. 29, 4 fin.:

pectus falsis terroribus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

scopulos lacrimosis vocibus,

Verg. A. 11, 274:

multitudinem exspectatione vana,

Liv. 36, 29, 3; 41, 5, 2:

milites praeda,

satisfy, id. 7, 16, 3; 25, 20, 6:

omnia terrore,

id. 9, 24, 8:

anxiis curis,

id. 1, 56, 4 et saep.:

vacua causarum conviciis,

Quint. 12, 9, 8; 4, 2, 114; Tac. A. 1, 22:

rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere,

Quint. 9, 3, 74; cf. id. 5, 13, 56; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

cum sese sociorum, cum regum sanguine implerint,

have filled, covered, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

se caedibus,

Sil. 9, 528:

te ager vitibus implet,

enriches, Juv. 9, 56.— Pass.:

omnia delubra pacem deum exposcentium virorum turba inplebantur,

were thronged, Liv. 3, 5, 14.—

Aliquid ( aliquem) alicujus rei:

celeriter adulescentem suae temeritatis implet,

Liv. 1, 46, 8:

omnia erroris mutui,

id. 4, 41, 7:

aliquem spei animorumque,

id. 7, 7, 5:

aliquem religionis,

id. 5, 28, 4:

hostes fugae et formidinis,

id. 10, 14, 20 et saep.—

With the simple acc.:

acta magni Herculis implerant terras,

Ov. M. 9, 135; 9, 667; id. F. 1, 93:

quod tectum magnus hospes impleveris,

hast filled with thy presence, thy greatness, Plin. Pan. 15, 4; id. Ep. 7, 24 fin.:

non semper implet (Demosthenes) aures meas,

does not always satisfy, Cic. Or. 29, 104:

odium novercae,

Ov. M. 9, 135: implere ceterorum rudes animos, i. q. to inflame, to poison, Tac. A. 1, 31; cf.:

urbs deinde impletur (sc. contagione morbi),

Liv. 4, 30, 8:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

vestigia alicujus,

to follow after, imitate, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 1:

ceras pusillas,

i. e. to cover with writing, Juv. 14, 30; cf.:

ceras capaces,

id. 1, 63:

tabulas,

id. 2, 58:

vices,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 432.—

With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—

In partic.

To fill up a portion of time or a number, to make out, complete, finish, end:

puer, qui nondum impleverat annum,

Ov. M. 9, 338:

octavum et nonagesimum annum,

Quint. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

me quater undenos sciat implevisse Decembres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 27:

vitae cursum,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75:

finem vitae sponte an fato,

Tac. A. 2, 42 fin.:

impleta ut essent sex milia,

Liv. 33, 14; cf.:

cohortes conscripserat ac triginta legionum instar impleverat,

Vell. 2, 20, 4:

si numerum, si tres implevero,

Juv. 9, 90.—

With the accessory notion of activity, to fulfil, discharge, execute, satisfy, content:

ne id profiteri videar, quod non possim implere,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.

promissum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

munia sua,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

incohatas delationes,

Dig. 48, 1, 5:

consilium,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

vera bona,

id. Agr. 44:

fata,

Liv. 1, 7, 11:

utinam quam spem ille de me concepit, partes officii,

Plin. Ep. 5, 56, 3; 10, 52, 2 (D):

impleverim!

id. ib. 1, 10, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 12:

desideria naturae,

Curt. 6, 2, 3:

exsequiarum officium,

Just. 23, 2, 8:

religionis officium,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 35, 3:

hominis officium, Lact. Op. Dei, 20, 9: officium (opp. suscipere),

id. 6, 6, 15:

mandatum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 161:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 13, 8.—Rarely with a personal object:

implere censorem,

i. e. to discharge the office of censor, Vell. 2, 95 fin. Ruhnk.—

Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent:

infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur,

Quint. 5, 13, 56.

plēnus, a, um, adj. [from the root ple-; Sanscr. prā-, to fill; Gr. pla- in pimplêmi, plêthô; Lat. plerus, plebs, populus, etc.; whence compleo, expleo, suppleo], full, filled with any thing (class.; cf.: refertus, oppletus).

Lit.

In gen., with gen.:

rimarum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25:

corpus suci,

id. ib. 2, 3, 27:

Gallia est plena civium Romanorum,

Cic. Font. 1, 11:

domus plena caelati argenti,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 14. §

35: vini, somni,

id. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: [p. 1387] stellarum, id. Rep. 6, 11, 11.—With abl.:

plena domus ornamentis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 126:

vita plena et conferta voluptatibus,

id. Sest. 10, 23:

plenum pueris gymnasium,

Quint. 2, 8, 3.— Absol.:

auditorium,

Quint. 2, 11, 3:

plenissimis velis navigare,

with swelling sails, Cic. Dom. 10, 24.—As subst.: plēnum, i, n., space occupied by matter, a plenum, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.—Adverb.: ad plenum, to repletion, copiously, abundantly ( poet.), Verg. G. 2, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 15; so Veg. 2, 9:

philosophiae scientiam ad plenum adeptus,

Eutr. 8, 10.—

In partic.

Of bodily size, stout, bulky, portly, plump, corpulent (class.):

pleni enective simus,

Cic. Div. 2, 69, 142:

vulpecula pleno corpore,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31:

frigus inimicum est tenui: at prodest omnibus plenis,

Cels. 1, 9:

femina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 661.— Comp.:

tauros palea ac feno facere pleniores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12.— Sup.:

plenissimus quisque,

Cels. 2, 1.—

Of females, big, with child, pregnant (class.):

et cum te gravidam et cum te pulchre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49:

femina,

Ov. M. 10, 469; Val. Fl. 1, 413:

sus plena,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; cf.:

Telluri plenae victima plena datur (preceded by gravida),

Ov. F. 4, 634.—

Filled, satisfied ( poet.), Ov. Am. 2, 6, 29:

plenus cum languet amator,

sated with reading, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8; cf.:

illa bibit sitiens lector, mea pocula plenus,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 55.—

Full packed, laden; with abl.:

quadrupedes pleni dominis armisque,

Stat. Th. 4, 812:

exercitus plenissimus praedā,

Liv. 41, 28:

crura thymo plenae (apes),

Verg. G. 4, 181.— Absol.:

vitis,

Ov. Am. 2, 14, 23.—

Entire, complete, full, whole:

ut haberet ad praeturam gerendam plenum annum atque integrum,

Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

gaudia,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

numerus,

id. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

pleno aratro sulcare,

with the whole plough sunk in the ground, Col. 2, 2, 25:

sustineas ut onus, nitendum vertice pleno est, i. e. toto,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 77:

pleno gradu,

at full pace, at storming pace, Liv. 4, 32.— Neutr. adverb.: in plenum, on the whole, generally (post-Aug.), Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; Sen. Ep. 91, 9.—

Of the voice, sonorous, full, clear, strong, loud (class.):

vox grandior et plenior,

Cic. Brut. 84, 289:

voce plenior,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Of letters, syllables, words, full, at full length, not contracted, unabridged:

pleniores syllabae,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ut E plenissimum dicas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

siet plenum est, sit imminutum,

id. Or. 47, 157:

plenissima verba,

Ov. M. 10, 290.—

Of food and drink, strong, hearty, substantial:

pleniores cibi,

Cels. 3, 20:

vinum,

id. 1, 6.—

Full, abundant, plentiful, much:

non tam Siciliam, quam inanem offenderant, quam Verrem ipsum, qui plenus decesserat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

urbes,

id. Pis. 37, 91:

pecunia,

much money, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

mensa,

Verg. A. 11, 738.— Comp.:

serius potius ad nos, dum plenior,

Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 2:

tres uno die a te accepi litteras, unam brevem, duas pleniores,

fuller, larger, id. ib. 11, 12, 1.— Sup.:

plenissima villa,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 50.—

Of age, full, advanced, ripe, mature:

jam plenis nubilis annis,

marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53:

plenus vitā,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 129:

annis,

full of years, that has reached extreme old age, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

plenior annis,

Val. Fl. 1, 376:

annus vicesimus quintus coeptus pro pleno habetur,

Dig. 50, 4, 8.—

Law t. t.: pleno jure, with a complete legal title:

proinde pleno jure incipit, id est et in bonis et ex jure Quiritium, tua res esse,

Gai. Inst. 2, 41:

pleno jure heres fieri,

id. ib. 3, 85 al.—

Trop., full, filled.

In gen., with gen.: plenus fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 Vahl.):

jejunitatis plenus,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13:

consili,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 49:

viti probrique,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 13:

fraudis, sceleris, parricidi, perjuri,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 37:

offici,

Cic. Att. 7, 4, 1:

negoti,

full of business, id. N. D. 1, 20, 54; Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 146:

irae,

Liv. 3, 48:

ingenii,

Cic. Fl. 6, 15:

laboris,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66:

quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris?

is not full of our disaster? Verg. A. 1, 460.—With abl.:

plenus sum exspectatione de Pompeio,

full of expectation, Cic. Att. 3, 14, 1:

laetitiā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

humanitate,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2; 2, 1, 7.—

In partic.

Complete, finished, ample, copious (class.):

orator plenus atque perfectus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:

plenior, opp. to jejunior,

id. ib. 3, 4, 16:

oratio plenior,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2:

pleniora scribere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53.—

Full of, abounding or rich in any thing:

plenum bonarum rerum oppidum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 38:

quis plenior inimicorum fuit C. Mario?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: pleniore ore laudare, with fuller mouth, i. e. more heartily, id. Off. 1, 18, 61.—Hence, adv.: plēnē.

Lit., full (post-Aug.):

vasa plene infundere,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 139.—

Trop., fully, wholly, completely, thorougnly, largely (class.):

plene cumulateque aliquid perficere,

Cic. Div. 2, 1:

plene perfectae munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

aliquid vitare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:

plene sapientes homines,

id. Off. 1, 15:

praestare aliquid,

perfectly, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 14.— Comp.:

plenius facere aliquid,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 20:

alere,

Quint. 2, 2, 8.— Sup.:

quamvis illud plenissime, hoc restrictissime feceris,

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.

plēnus, a, um, adj. [from the root ple-; Sanscr. prā-, to fill; Gr. pla- in pimplêmi, plêthô; Lat. plerus, plebs, populus, etc.; whence compleo, expleo, suppleo], full, filled with any thing (class.; cf.: refertus, oppletus).

Lit.

In gen., with gen.:

rimarum,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 25:

corpus suci,

id. ib. 2, 3, 27:

Gallia est plena civium Romanorum,

Cic. Font. 1, 11:

domus plena caelati argenti,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 14. §

35: vini, somni,

id. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: [p. 1387] stellarum, id. Rep. 6, 11, 11.—With abl.:

plena domus ornamentis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 126:

vita plena et conferta voluptatibus,

id. Sest. 10, 23:

plenum pueris gymnasium,

Quint. 2, 8, 3.— Absol.:

auditorium,

Quint. 2, 11, 3:

plenissimis velis navigare,

with swelling sails, Cic. Dom. 10, 24.—As subst.: plēnum, i, n., space occupied by matter, a plenum, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.—Adverb.: ad plenum, to repletion, copiously, abundantly ( poet.), Verg. G. 2, 244:

hic tibi copia Manabit ad plenum benigno Ruris honorum opulenta cornu,

Hor. C. 1, 17, 15; so Veg. 2, 9:

philosophiae scientiam ad plenum adeptus,

Eutr. 8, 10.—

In partic.

Of bodily size, stout, bulky, portly, plump, corpulent (class.):

pleni enective simus,

Cic. Div. 2, 69, 142:

vulpecula pleno corpore,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 31:

frigus inimicum est tenui: at prodest omnibus plenis,

Cels. 1, 9:

femina,

Ov. A. A. 2, 661.— Comp.:

tauros palea ac feno facere pleniores,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12.— Sup.:

plenissimus quisque,

Cels. 2, 1.—

Of females, big, with child, pregnant (class.):

et cum te gravidam et cum te pulchre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49:

femina,

Ov. M. 10, 469; Val. Fl. 1, 413:

sus plena,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; cf.:

Telluri plenae victima plena datur (preceded by gravida),

Ov. F. 4, 634.—

Filled, satisfied ( poet.), Ov. Am. 2, 6, 29:

plenus cum languet amator,

sated with reading, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8; cf.:

illa bibit sitiens lector, mea pocula plenus,

Ov. P. 3, 4, 55.—

Full packed, laden; with abl.:

quadrupedes pleni dominis armisque,

Stat. Th. 4, 812:

exercitus plenissimus praedā,

Liv. 41, 28:

crura thymo plenae (apes),

Verg. G. 4, 181.— Absol.:

vitis,

Ov. Am. 2, 14, 23.—

Entire, complete, full, whole:

ut haberet ad praeturam gerendam plenum annum atque integrum,

Cic. Mil. 9, 24:

gaudia,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 67:

numerus,

id. Rep. 6, 12, 12:

pleno aratro sulcare,

with the whole plough sunk in the ground, Col. 2, 2, 25:

sustineas ut onus, nitendum vertice pleno est, i. e. toto,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 77:

pleno gradu,

at full pace, at storming pace, Liv. 4, 32.— Neutr. adverb.: in plenum, on the whole, generally (post-Aug.), Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 31; Sen. Ep. 91, 9.—

Of the voice, sonorous, full, clear, strong, loud (class.):

vox grandior et plenior,

Cic. Brut. 84, 289:

voce plenior,

id. de Or. 1, 29, 132.—

Of letters, syllables, words, full, at full length, not contracted, unabridged:

pleniores syllabae,

Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

ut E plenissimum dicas,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

siet plenum est, sit imminutum,

id. Or. 47, 157:

plenissima verba,

Ov. M. 10, 290.—

Of food and drink, strong, hearty, substantial:

pleniores cibi,

Cels. 3, 20:

vinum,

id. 1, 6.—

Full, abundant, plentiful, much:

non tam Siciliam, quam inanem offenderant, quam Verrem ipsum, qui plenus decesserat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12:

urbes,

id. Pis. 37, 91:

pecunia,

much money, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

mensa,

Verg. A. 11, 738.— Comp.:

serius potius ad nos, dum plenior,

Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 2:

tres uno die a te accepi litteras, unam brevem, duas pleniores,

fuller, larger, id. ib. 11, 12, 1.— Sup.:

plenissima villa,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 50.—

Of age, full, advanced, ripe, mature:

jam plenis nubilis annis,

marriageable, Verg. A. 7, 53:

plenus vitā,

Stat. S. 2, 2, 129:

annis,

full of years, that has reached extreme old age, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 7:

plenior annis,

Val. Fl. 1, 376:

annus vicesimus quintus coeptus pro pleno habetur,

Dig. 50, 4, 8.—

Law t. t.: pleno jure, with a complete legal title:

proinde pleno jure incipit, id est et in bonis et ex jure Quiritium, tua res esse,

Gai. Inst. 2, 41:

pleno jure heres fieri,

id. ib. 3, 85 al.—

Trop., full, filled.

In gen., with gen.: plenus fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 Vahl.):

jejunitatis plenus,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13:

consili,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 49:

viti probrique,

id. Mil. 2, 5, 13:

fraudis, sceleris, parricidi, perjuri,

id. Rud. 3, 2, 37:

offici,

Cic. Att. 7, 4, 1:

negoti,

full of business, id. N. D. 1, 20, 54; Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 146:

irae,

Liv. 3, 48:

ingenii,

Cic. Fl. 6, 15:

laboris,

Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66:

quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris?

is not full of our disaster? Verg. A. 1, 460.—With abl.:

plenus sum exspectatione de Pompeio,

full of expectation, Cic. Att. 3, 14, 1:

laetitiā,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

humanitate,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2; 2, 1, 7.—

In partic.

Complete, finished, ample, copious (class.):

orator plenus atque perfectus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 59:

plenior, opp. to jejunior,

id. ib. 3, 4, 16:

oratio plenior,

id. Off. 1, 1, 2:

pleniora scribere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 53.—

Full of, abounding or rich in any thing:

plenum bonarum rerum oppidum,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 38:

quis plenior inimicorum fuit C. Mario?

Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19: pleniore ore laudare, with fuller mouth, i. e. more heartily, id. Off. 1, 18, 61.—Hence, adv.: plēnē.

Lit., full (post-Aug.):

vasa plene infundere,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 139.—

Trop., fully, wholly, completely, thorougnly, largely (class.):

plene cumulateque aliquid perficere,

Cic. Div. 2, 1:

plene perfectae munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

aliquid vitare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:

plene sapientes homines,

id. Off. 1, 15:

praestare aliquid,

perfectly, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 14.— Comp.:

plenius facere aliquid,

Ov. P. 2, 11, 20:

alere,

Quint. 2, 2, 8.— Sup.:

quamvis illud plenissime, hoc restrictissime feceris,

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.