suppleo

Latin

Alternative forms

• subpleō

Etymology

From sub- +‎ pleo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.ple.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊp.pɫ̪e.oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsup.ple.o/, [ˈsup.plɛ.ɔ]

Verb

suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum); second conjugation

1. 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, […]

2. (military) I fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit.

Conjugation

Conjugation of suppleō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suppleō	supplēs	supplet	supplēmus	supplētis	supplent
	imperfect	supplēbam	supplēbās	supplēbat	supplēbāmus	supplēbātis	supplēbant
	future	supplēbō	supplēbis	supplēbit	supplēbimus	supplēbitis	supplēbunt
	perfect	supplēvī	supplēvistī	supplēvit	supplēvimus	supplēvistis	supplēvērunt, supplēvēre
	pluperfect	supplēveram	supplēverās	supplēverat	supplēverāmus	supplēverātis	supplēverant
	future perfect	supplēverō	supplēveris	supplēverit	supplēverimus	supplēveritis	supplēverint
passive	present	suppleor	supplēris, supplēre	supplētur	supplēmur	supplēminī	supplentur
	imperfect	supplēbar	supplēbāris, supplēbāre	supplēbātur	supplēbāmur	supplēbāminī	supplēbantur
	future	supplēbor	supplēberis, supplēbere	supplēbitur	supplēbimur	supplēbiminī	supplēbuntur
	perfect	supplētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supplētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supplētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	suppleam	suppleās	suppleat	suppleāmus	suppleātis	suppleant
	imperfect	supplērem	supplērēs	supplēret	supplērēmus	supplērētis	supplērent
	perfect	supplēverim	supplēverīs	supplēverit	supplēverīmus	supplēverītis	supplēverint
	pluperfect	supplēvissem	supplēvissēs	supplēvisset	supplēvissēmus	supplēvissētis	supplēvissent
passive	present	supplear	suppleāris, suppleāre	suppleātur	suppleāmur	suppleāminī	suppleantur
	imperfect	supplērer	supplērēris, supplērēre	supplērētur	supplērēmur	supplērēminī	supplērentur
	perfect	supplētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supplētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	supplē	—	—	supplēte	—
	future	—	supplētō	supplētō	—	supplētōte	supplentō
passive	present	—	supplēre	—	—	supplēminī	—
	future	—	supplētor	supplētor	—	—	supplentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		supplēre	supplēvisse	supplētūrum esse	supplērī	supplētum esse	supplētum īrī
participles		supplēns	—	supplētūrus	—	supplētus	supplendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		supplendī	supplendō	supplendum	supplendō	supplētum	supplētū

Derived terms

• supplēmentum
• supplētōrium
• supplētus

Related terms

• compleō
• dēpleō
• expleō

• impleō
• oppleō
• repleō

Descendants

• Danish: supplere
• German: supplieren
• Ido: suplear
• Italian: supplire, sopperire
• Old French: souploier
  • French: suppléer
  • → Middle English: supplien
    • English: supply
• Portuguese: suprir
• Spanish: suplir

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016