suppleo
Latin
Alternative forms
- subpleō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsup.ple.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊpːɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsup.ple.o/, [ˈsupːleo]
Verb
suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum); second conjugation
- to make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]
- If reinforcements were needed, he should supply them with the legions which Publius Cornelius, propraetor, was in charge of in Sicily, […]
- Si supplemento opus esset, suppleret de legionibus quibus P. Cornelius pro praetore in Sicilia praeesset, […]
- (military) to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit
Conjugation
Derived terms
- supplēmentum
- supplētōrium
- supplētus
Descendants
References
- “suppleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suppleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suppleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- suppleo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.