LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

impleō

impleō (present infinitive implēre, perfect active implēvī, supine implētum)
Classical[ˈɪm.pɫe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈim.ple.o]
№ 671 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to fill up or with, fill fully; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case)
    alicuius rei implereto fill with something
    Sīc effāta, sinum lacrimīs implēvit obortīs.Having spoken in this way, she filled her bosom with the tears which had arisen. (In other words, despite having just stated her resolve, Dido is now crying profusely.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.30
  2. to satisfy, satiate
  3. to make fat or fleshy, fill, fatten
  4. to make pregnant, impregnate
  5. to amount or fill up to
  6. to fill up, take up
  7. figurativelyto complete, finish, fulfill, execute, end
  8. to perform an office, represent one’s post

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

plēnum faciō; servus vās aquā implet.
impleō -ēre -plēvī — in Mille Verba, Thermae
fills
implet — in Seneca, ch. IX

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.impleōimplēbamimplēbōimplēvīimplēveram
implēram		implēverō
implērō
2nd sg.implēsimplēbāsimplēbisimplēvistī
implēstī		implēverās
implērās		implēveris
implēris
3rd sg.impletimplēbatimplēbitimplēvit
implēt		implēverat
implērat		implēverit
implērit
1st pl.implēmusimplēbāmusimplēbimusimplēvimus
implēmus		implēverāmus
implērāmus		implēverimus
implērimus
2nd pl.implētisimplēbātisimplēbitisimplēvistis
implēstis		implēverātis
implērātis		implēveritis
implēritis
3rd pl.implentimplēbantimplēbuntimplēvērunt
implērunt, implēvēre		implēverant
implērant		implēverint
implērint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.impleamimplēremimplēverim
implērim		implēvissem
implēssem
2nd sg.impleāsimplērēsimplēverīs
implērīs		implēvissēs
implēssēs
3rd sg.impleatimplēretimplēverit
implērit		implēvisset
implēsset
1st pl.impleāmusimplērēmusimplēverīmus
implērīmus		implēvissēmus
implēssēmus
2nd pl.impleātisimplērētisimplēverītis
implērītis		implēvissētis
implēssētis
3rd pl.impleantimplērentimplēverint
implērint		implēvissent
implēssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.impleorimplēbarimplēbor
2nd sg.implēris
implēre		implēbāris
implēbāre		implēberis
implēbere
3rd sg.implēturimplēbāturimplēbitur
1st pl.implēmurimplēbāmurimplēbimur
2nd pl.implēminīimplēbāminīimplēbiminī
3rd pl.implenturimplēbanturimplēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.implearimplērer
2nd sg.impleāris
impleāre		implērēris
implērēre
3rd sg.impleāturimplērētur
1st pl.impleāmurimplērēmur
2nd pl.impleāminīimplērēminī
3rd pl.impleanturimplērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.implēimplēre
pres. 2nd pl.implēteimplēminī
fut. 2nd sg.implētōimplētor
fut. 3rd sg.implētōimplētor
fut. 2nd pl.implētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.implentōimplentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveimplēreimplērī
perfect infinitiveimplēvisse
implēsse		implētum esse
future infinitiveimplētūrum esseimplētum īrī
present participleimplēns—
perfect participle—implētus
implēta, implētā, implētae, implētam, implētārum, implētās, implētī, implētōrum, implētōs
future participleimplētūrus
implētūra, implētūrā, implētūrae, implētūram, implētūrārum, implētūrās, implētūre, implētūrī, implētūrīs, implētūrō, implētūrōrum, implētūrōs, implētūrum		implendus
implenda, implendā, implendae, implendam, implendārum, implendās, implende, implendīs, implendōrum, implendōs
gerundimplendī, implendō, implendumsupineimplētum, implētū

implĕo (inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:
I. 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).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(a). 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. γ: Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis, filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—
(b). Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf. compleo): ollam denariorum implere, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—
(g). 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.—
B. In partic.
1. 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.—
2. 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. —
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.
II. Trop.
A. Ingen., to fill, make full.
(a). 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.—
(b). 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.—
(g). 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.—
(d). With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—
B. In partic.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
3. Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent: infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur, Quint. 5, 13, 56.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinimpleō

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Italic *plēō Latin pleō Latin impleō From in- + pleō.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanomplir
  • Catalanemplir
  • Frenchemplir
  • Occitanemplir
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianumplea, împlea
  • Romanianumple, împle
  • Aromanianumpleari
  • Aromanianumpliri
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianùmprere
  • Sardinianump(r)ìre, -i
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianempìre
  • Dalmatianemplar
  • Venetaninpir
Borrowings
  • Englishimplete
Italo-Romance
  • Italianémpiere
  • Neapolitanenchiere
  • Sicilianjìnchiri
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishhenchirfrom Old Spanish enchir
  • Aragoneseemplir
  • Galicianfenchir
  • Mirandeseanchir
  • Ladinoinchirfrom Old Spanish enchir
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianjemplâ
  • Romanshimplir
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianinpir
  • Ligurianimpî
  • Lombardlimpì
  • Piedmonteseampî
  • Romagnolimpìr

In English words that came into English from impleō

  • implementimplēmentum
  • impletionimplētiō

Quick answers

What does impleō mean in Latin?
impleō, a verb, means “to fill up or with, fill fully; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case); to satisfy, satiate”.
What are the principal parts of impleō?
impleō, implēre, implēvī, implētum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce impleō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɪm.pɫe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈim.ple.o].
Where does impleō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin impleō.