“full” in Latin

Filled with anything, plenus, of anything, alicujus rei or aliqua re (the proper word. ☞ Not with the ablative in Cic., except where the genitive would cause ambiguity; Vid: Muret., Var. Lect., 17, 4): repletus, of anything, aliqua re (filled to the brim): completus, of anything, aliqua re (quite filled up): oppletus, of anything, aliqua re (filled, so that the surface is covered): confertus, of anything, aliqua re (crammed full): refertus, of anything, aliqua re or alicujus rei (crammed full; e.g., of a treasury): abundans or affluens aliqua re (abounding in): consitus aliqua re (planted with, etc.; e.g., a wood full of tall trees, nemus proceris arboribus consitum): frequens (numerous, filled with people; e.g., theatrum senatus). Full to the very brim, ad margines plenus (e.g., lake, lacus); impletus ad summum (of an amphora, Col.): full of sublime thoughts, sententiis clarissimus (of an author): to be full of wine, vini plenum esse: to stuff one’s self full (with food), cibo se complere; cibo et potione se implere: to be full of joy, gaudio impleri, perfundi (perfusum esse, etc.); of anxiety, pectus alicujus anxiis curis impletur; of astonishment, admiratione impleri, imbui: to be full of expectation, exspectationis or exspectatione plenum esse; of hope, certain spem habere: with his (her, etc.) eyes full of tears, multis cum lacrimis; oculis lacrimantibus: to have one’s hands full, maximis occupationibus distineri: full of life [Vid: LIVELY]: half full, semiplenus: to moke full, [Vid: To FILL.]

Entire, wanting nothing to its completeness, plenus (that has no empty space in it, in general; also, full in number, etc.): integer (undiminished). (The words are found in this connection and order.) plenus atque integer: solidus (that has no gap, that constitutes one whole; of years, days, hours, payments, etc.): totus (entire, originally full, in contradistinction to the single parts): justus (proper, such as it ought to be; of weight, height, age). Full (in number), plenus (e.g., legio, not completus): justus (that has the full or proper number to constitute one whole): integer (Vid: above): frequens (assembled in proper number, e.g., senate). The full interest, usura solida: of full age [Vid: AGE]: full power, potestas aliquid faciendi: infinita licentia: arbitratus (☞ Kritz, Sall., Jug., 105, 1): to give anybody full power, alicui alicujus rei faciendae licentiam dare or permittere (☞ Cic., Verr., 3, 94, 220; Sall., Jug., 103, 2); infinitam licentiam alicui dare: to do anything, alicujus arbitrio rem gerendam tradere or committere. [Vid: PLENIPOTENTIARY.] To have full authority from anybody, mandata habere a aliquo: at full speed, incitato cursu: at full gallop, equo citato or admisso: a full excuse, idonea excusatio; probably cogere. Full dress, dierum sollemnium vestis (after Col., 12, 3, 1), or vestis seposita (kept for grand occasions, Tib.).

Having a breadth of sound, plenus, plenior (opposed to exilis; e.g., vox: ampla vox, Gell.): a voice that is too full, sonus (vocis) nimium plenus: to have a full voice, voce plenum esse: a man with a full voice, homo plenior voce.

Having a depth of color, satur (color, Plin., 37, 10, 61).

Omitting no particulars; given in detail (of narratives, etc.), plenus (full): accuratus (careful): multus: longus (multus, with reference to the number of words used; longus, with reference to the matter; both implying too full): copiosus, or (stronger) uber, uberior (containing a rich supply of facts, etc.): verbosus (wordy): fusus (pouring itself out, as it were; opposed to what is compressed, concise, abrupt; a poem, speech, author, etc.): A full proof, argumentatio plena et perfecta: to give anybody a full account (by letter), accurate, diligenter, multis verbis scribere; of anything, quam diligentissime scribere de aliqua re ad aliquem; latius perscribere aliquid: to speak at full length, copiose et abundanter loqui: to relate anything at full length, ordine narrare (to go into detail, relating each occurrence in its order): to discuss at full length, uberius or fusius disputare, dicere; latius et fusius disserere; accurate disputare: to give a full explanation of anything, aliquid accurate or pluribus verbis explicare: to quote anybody’s words at full length, *alicujus verba omnia dare: to have a full knowledge [Vid: KNOWLEDGE].

With reference to the memory or mind that is full to overflowing with a subject. Anybody is full of anything, aliquis totus hoc scaturit (caelius, ap. Cic., Fam., 8, 4, 2) aliquis aliquid semper in ore habet: everybody is full of, etc., aliquis or aliquid in omnium ore (et sermone) est; aliquis or aliquid per omnium ora fertur (for good or evil, tota cantari urbe, † Hor.): the whole town or country is full of anything, aliquid tota urbe or regione percelebratur.

Wide, large (of a dress), laxus (e.g., toga).

Seen in its broadest dimension: a full face, adversa facies (Quint., 2, 13, 9): tota facies (id. ib., 12, opposed to imaginem alicujus latere tantum uno ostendere).

*justa mensura. [Vid: FULLNESS.] To pay anybody in full, solidum suum alicui solvere (Cic., Rabir., 17, 40): to claim payment in full, solidum petere; suum totum exigere (both Quint., 5, 10, 105): to give anybody a receipt in full, *apocha testari solidum suum sibi solutum esse or se accepisse: a receipt in full, perhaps *solidi accepti apocha; but apocha only is mostly sufficient. To the full; Vid: FULLY.

To thicken (cloth) in a mill, probably cogere, since coactilia = cloth so thickened.

To cleanse, whiten, etc., cloth, curare polireque (e.g., vestimenta; of the fuller, Ulp., Dig., 47, 2, 12): album or candidum facere (the great business of the fuller at Rome being to “whiten” the robes of candidates for the great magistracies, etc.; hence Liv., 4, 25, legem promulgare, ne cui album in vestimentum addere petitionis liceret causa): detergere (to cleanse from stains, etc.).