LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

repleō

repleō (present infinitive replēre, perfect active replēvī, supine replētum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.pɫe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.ple.o]

Meaning

  1. to fill again, refill, replenish
  2. to make up for, complete, restore, supply
  3. to fill, satisfy, satiate, sate
    Viīs suīs replēbitur stultus, et super eum erit vir bonus. A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.14.14
  4. to fill up, make swollen

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Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.repleōreplēbamreplēbōreplēvīreplēveramreplēverō
2nd sg.replēsreplēbāsreplēbisreplēvistī
replēstī		replēverāsreplēveris
3rd sg.repletreplēbatreplēbitreplēvitreplēveratreplēverit
1st pl.replēmusreplēbāmusreplēbimusreplēvimusreplēverāmusreplēverimus
2nd pl.replētisreplēbātisreplēbitisreplēvistis
replēstis		replēverātisreplēveritis
3rd pl.replentreplēbantreplēbuntreplēvērunt
replēvēre		replēverantreplēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.repleamreplēremreplēverimreplēvissem
2nd sg.repleāsreplērēsreplēverīsreplēvissēs
3rd sg.repleatreplēretreplēveritreplēvisset
1st pl.repleāmusreplērēmusreplēverīmusreplēvissēmus
2nd pl.repleātisreplērētisreplēverītisreplēvissētis
3rd pl.repleantreplērentreplēverintreplēvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.repleorreplēbarreplēbor
2nd sg.replēris
replēre		replēbāris
replēbāre		replēberis
replēbere
3rd sg.replēturreplēbāturreplēbitur
1st pl.replēmurreplēbāmurreplēbimur
2nd pl.replēminīreplēbāminīreplēbiminī
3rd pl.replenturreplēbanturreplēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.replearreplērer
2nd sg.repleāris
repleāre		replērēris
replērēre
3rd sg.repleāturreplērētur
1st pl.repleāmurreplērēmur
2nd pl.repleāminīreplērēminī
3rd pl.repleanturreplērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.replēreplēre
pres. 2nd pl.replētereplēminī
fut. 2nd sg.replētōreplētor
fut. 3rd sg.replētōreplētor
fut. 2nd pl.replētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.replentōreplentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivereplērereplērī
perfect infinitivereplēvissereplētum esse
future infinitivereplētūrum essereplētum īrī
present participlereplēns—
perfect participle—replētus
replēta, replētā, replētae, replētam, replētārum, replētās, replētī, replētōrum, replētōs
future participlereplētūrus
replētūra, replētūrā, replētūrae, replētūram, replētūrārum, replētūrās, replētūre, replētūrī, replētūrīs, replētūrō, replētūrōrum, replētūrōs, replētūrum		replendus
replenda, replendā, replendae, replendam, replendārum, replendās, replende, replendīs, replendōrum, replendōs
gerundreplendī, replendō, replendumsupinereplētum, replētū

rē^-plĕo, ēvi, ētum (contr. form replesti, Stat. S. 3, 1, 92:
I. replerat, Lucr. 6, 1270), 2, v. a.
I. To fill again, refill; to fill up, replenish, complete, etc.
A. Lit. (class.): exhaustas domos, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4: exhaustum aerarium, Plin. Pan. 55, 5: consumpta, to supply, make up for, Cic. Mur. 25, 50: exercitum, to fill up the number of, Liv. 24, 42; cf.: castra, tribus ex his, Plin. Pan. 28, 5: scrobes terrā, Verg. G. 2, 235: fossam humo, Ov. F. 4, 823: vulnera, i. e. to fill up again with flesh, Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 155: alopecias, id. 20, 23, 99, § 263.— Absol.: cinis purgat, conglutinat, replet, adstringit, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 124: veteremque exire cruorem Passa, replet sucis (corpus), Ov. M. 7, 287. — Mid.: quoties haustum cratera repleri vident, filled again, Ov. M. 8, 680.—
B. Trop., to supply, make up for, complete (rare): quod voci deerat, plangore replebam, Ov. H. 10, 37; cf.: repletur ex lege, quod sententiae judicis deëst, Dig. 42, 1, 4, § 5: quae (in oratione) replenda vel deicienda sunt, to be filled out, supplied (shortly before, adicere, detrahere), Quint. 10, 4, 1: pectora bello Exanimata reple, i. e. strengthen again, reinvigorate, reanimate, Stat. Th. 4, 760.—
II. (With the idea of the verb predominating.) In gen., to fill up, make full, to fill (freq. in the poets and in post-Aug. prose).
A. Lit.: navibus explebant sese terrasque replebant, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 545 (Ann. v. 310 Vahl.): delubra corporibus, Lucr. 6, 1272; cf.: campos strage hominum, Liv. 9, 40 Drak.: sanguine venas, Ov. M. 7, 334: flore sinus, id. F. 4, 432: lagenam vino, Mart. 7, 20, 19: galeas et sinus conchis, Suet. Calig. 46: corpora carne, to fill, satisfy, satiate, Ov. M. 12, 155; cf.: se escā, Phaedr. 2, 4, 19: se cibo, Col. 9, 13, 2; Petr. 96; 111: virginem, to get with child, Just. 13, 7, 7; cf. equas, Pall. Mart. 13, 1: orbem (luna), to fill, Ov. F. 3, 121; cf. numerum, to complete, Lucr. 2, 535: summam, Manil. 2, 719: pretium redemptionis, to make up, Dig. 40, 1, 4, § 10: foramen auris repletum, stopped up, Lucr. 5, 814.—Poet.: femina, quom peperit, dulci repletur lacte, becomes filled, Lucr. 5, 814: (Etesiae) undas replent, swell up, id. 6, 718: tu, largitor opum, juvenem replesti Parthenopen (i. e. exornasti), Stat. S. 3, 1, 92.—
B. Trop.: nemora ac montes gemitu, Lucr. 5, 992; so Verg. A. 2, 679; Ov. M. 1, 338; 3, 239: populos sermone, Verg. A. 4, 189: Pontum rumore, Ov. P. 4, 4, 19: aures, Plaut. Rud. 4, 6, 22: vias oculorum luce, Lucr. 4, 319; cf. id. 4, 378: naumachiae spectaculis animos oculosque populi Romani, Vell. 2, 100, 2; cf.: patriam laetitiā id. 2, 103, 1: eruditione varia repletus est, Suet. Aug. 89: fabulis omnis scaenas, Just. 11, 3, 11.— Esp. freq. in eccl. Lat.: replere aliquem spiritu intellegentiae, Vulg. Ecclus. 39, 8: amaritudinibus, id. Thren. 3, 15: insipientia, id. Luc. 6, 11: gaudio, id. Rom. 15, 13: replevi Evangelium, I have thoroughly disseminated the Gospel, id. ib. 15, 19.— Mid.: repleri justā juris civilis scientiā, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 191.— Hence, rē^plētus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), filled full (freq. and class.).
1. Lit.: referto foro repletisque omnibus templis, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44; so, Curia, Suet. Dom. 23: amnes, Verg. A. 5, 806: paulatim gracilitas crurum, Suet. Calig. 3. —
(b). With abl.: amphorae argento, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.: cornu pomis, Ov. M. 9, 87: insula silvis, Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38: cauda pavonis luce, Lucr. 2, 806: exercitus iis rebus (sc. frumento et pecoris copiā), abundantly provided, Caes. B. G. 7, 56 fin.: repletus epulis, Claud. Fesc. 16. —
(g). With gen.: repletae semitae puerorum et mulierum, Liv. 6, 25, 9 Drak.—
2. Trop., with abl.: (terra) trepido terrore, Lucr. 5, 40: quaeque asperitate, id. 4, 626: genus antiquom pietate, id. 2, 1170: vates deo, Capitol. Macr. 3: curantis eādem vi morbi repletos traherent, infected (cf. impleo and ἀναπιμπλάμενοι, Thuc. 2, 51, 4), Liv. 25, 26, 8: vita, i. e. long enough, Luc. 3, 242: vox repleta, full, Stat. Th. 2, 625: repleti his voluptatibus, Petr. 30, 5.—Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrepleō

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Italic *plēō Latin pleō Latin repleō From re- + pleō.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanreblir
  • Sardinianarribirifrom Catalan reblir
  • Catalanrublir
Borrowings
  • Italianreplere
Italo-Romance
  • Corsicanrebbia
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianrepli

In English words that came into English from repleō

  • repleterepletus
  • repletionreplētiō

Quick answers

What does repleō mean in Latin?
repleō, a verb, means “to fill again, refill, replenish; to make up for, complete, restore, supply; to fill, satisfy, satiate, sate”.
What are the principal parts of repleō?
repleō, replēre, replēvī, replētum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce repleō?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɛ.pɫe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.ple.o].
Where does repleō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin repleō.