LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

suppleō

suppleō (present infinitive supplēre, perfect active supplēvī, supine supplētum)
Classical[ˈsʊp.pɫe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsup.ple.o]

Meaning

  1. to make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement
    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, […]27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1
  2. to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit

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Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.suppleōsupplēbamsupplēbōsupplēvīsupplēveramsupplēverō
2nd sg.supplēssupplēbāssupplēbissupplēvistī
supplēstī		supplēverāssupplēveris
3rd sg.suppletsupplēbatsupplēbitsupplēvitsupplēveratsupplēverit
1st pl.supplēmussupplēbāmussupplēbimussupplēvimussupplēverāmussupplēverimus
2nd pl.supplētissupplēbātissupplēbitissupplēvistissupplēverātissupplēveritis
3rd pl.supplentsupplēbantsupplēbuntsupplēvērunt
supplēvēre		supplēverantsupplēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.suppleamsupplēremsupplēverimsupplēvissem
2nd sg.suppleāssupplērēssupplēverīssupplēvissēs
3rd sg.suppleatsupplēretsupplēveritsupplēvisset
1st pl.suppleāmussupplērēmussupplēverīmussupplēvissēmus
2nd pl.suppleātissupplērētissupplēverītissupplēvissētis
3rd pl.suppleantsupplērentsupplēverintsupplēvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.suppleorsupplēbarsupplēbor
2nd sg.supplēris
supplēre		supplēbāris
supplēbāre		supplēberis
supplēbere
3rd sg.supplētursupplēbātursupplēbitur
1st pl.supplēmursupplēbāmursupplēbimur
2nd pl.supplēminīsupplēbāminīsupplēbiminī
3rd pl.supplentursupplēbantursupplēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.supplearsupplērer
2nd sg.suppleāris
suppleāre		supplērēris
supplērēre
3rd sg.suppleātursupplērētur
1st pl.suppleāmursupplērēmur
2nd pl.suppleāminīsupplērēminī
3rd pl.suppleantursupplērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.supplēsupplēre
pres. 2nd pl.supplētesupplēminī
fut. 2nd sg.supplētōsupplētor
fut. 3rd sg.supplētōsupplētor
fut. 2nd pl.supplētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.supplentōsupplentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesupplēresupplērī
perfect infinitivesupplēvissesupplētum esse
future infinitivesupplētūrum essesupplētum īrī
present participlesupplēns—
perfect participle—supplētus
supplēta, supplētā, supplētae, supplētam, supplētārum, supplētās, supplētī, supplētōrum, supplētōs
future participlesupplētūrus
supplētūra, supplētūrā, supplētūrae, supplētūram, supplētūrārum, supplētūrās, supplētūre, supplētūrī, supplētūrīs, supplētūrō, supplētūrōrum, supplētūrōs, supplētūrum		supplendus
supplenda, supplendā, supplendae, supplendam, supplendārum, supplendās, supplende, supplendīs, supplendōrum, supplendōs
gerundsupplendī, supplendō, supplendumsupinesupplētum, supplētū

sup-plĕo (subpl)-, ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a.,
I. to fill up, make full or whole, to make good, to complete, supply (class.; cf.: reficio, suppedito).
I. In gen.: fiscellam, Cato, R. R. 88, 1: dum suppleri summa queatur, Lucr. 1, 1044: bibliothecam, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5: usum provinciae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9: Hirtius, qui Gallici belli novissimum librum supplevit, Suet. Caes. 56: adjectoque cavae supplentur corpore rugae, Ov. M. 7, 291: vulnera supplevit lacrimis, id. ib. 4, 140: tu mihi da cives et inania moenia (i. e. urbem) supple, fill up, i. e. people, id. ib. 7, 628; cf.: si fetura gregem suppleverit, Verg. E. 7, 36: ad supplenda exercitūs damna, Tac. A. 1, 71: damna incendiorum multis, to make good, repair, Suet. Calig. 16; cf. id. Aug. 41: colos consumptas, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1084: aerarium, Tac. A. 2, 38: ut referendis praeteritis verbis id scriptum suppleatur, Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 110: hypocauston. si dies nubilus, immisso vapore solis vicem supplet, supplies the place of, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 24; so, locum parentis tibi, Sen. Hipp. 633: remis Zephyros, Stat. Achill. 2, 20: ponite ante oculos M. Antonium consularem, sperantem consulatum Lucium adjungite: supplete ceteros, etc., Cic. Phil. 12, 6, 14: praemia, to furnish, Aus. Idyll. 10, 412: suppletis lucernis, i. e. with oil, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 43. simili mixturā vas suppleatur, Col. 12, 10, 2. — Absol.: supplet iste nescio qui, Cic. Fl. 17, 40.—
II. In partic., in milit. lang., to fill up, make complete or full in number, furnish with a complement, recruit: cum sex legionibus iisque suppletis ex Bruti exercitu, M. Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27: legiones, Liv. 29, 24, 14: exercitum junioribus, Just. 12, 11, 4: legiones subito delectu, Tac. H. 4, 19: decurias equitum, Suet. Tib. 41: naves remigio, Liv. 26, 39, 7; cf. remigium, Verg. A. 3, 471.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuppleō

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Italic *plēō Latin pleō Latin suppleō From sub- + pleō.

Descendants
  • Catalansuplir
  • Germansupplieren
  • Italiansupplire
  • Italiansopperire
  • Frenchsuppléerfrom Old French souploier
  • Englishsupplyfrom Old French souploier
  • Portuguesesuprir
  • Spanishsuplir
  • Danishsupplere
  • Galiciansuplir

In English words that came into English from suppleō

  • supplysuppleō
  • supplementsupplementum
  • suppletionsupplēre

Quick answers

What does suppleō mean in Latin?
suppleō, a verb, means “to make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make good; supply, supplement; to fill up, furnish with a complement, recruit”.
What are the principal parts of suppleō?
suppleō, supplēre, supplēvī, supplētum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce suppleō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsʊp.pɫe.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsup.ple.o].
Where does suppleō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin suppleō.
Which English words come from suppleō?
English words that go back to Latin suppleō include supply, suppletion and supplement.