suppleo
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsup.ple.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊp.pɫ̪e.oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsup.ple.o/, [ˈsup.plɛ.ɔ]
Verb[edit]
suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum); second conjugation
- I make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement.
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 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) I fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit.
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Descendants[edit]
- Danish: supplere
- German: supplieren
- Ido: suplear
- Italian: supplire, sopperire
- Old French: souploier
- Portuguese: suprir
- Spanish: suplir
References[edit]
- 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016