expleō, explēre, explēvī, explētum

Definitions for explēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to fill, fill up, complete
English derivatives:
expletive expletory deplete replete

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To fill up (a vessel, cavity, etc.). (b) to fill (by eating, drinking). (c) to cause (wounds, ulcers, etc.) to heal up.
2
To fill all the available space in or on, cover completely, (b) (w. abl.) to make to abound (in).
3
(a) To satisfy the demands or appetities of (persons, etc.). (b) to satisfy, assuage (an appetite or passion).
4
To bring up to full measure or strength, make up. (b) to make good (a deficiency); (of actions) to make up for. (c) (of constituent parts) to make up (a whole). (d) (of candidates in an election) to obtain the votes of a sufficient number of. (e) (rhet.) to give fullness of style to.
5
To carry to completion, achieve, accomplish. (b) to discharge (a duty or obligation); to fulfill (a condition, promise, or sim.). (c) to attain (a size).

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Conjugation table for explēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
expleō explēs explet explēmus explētis explent	explēbam explēbās explēbat explēbāmus explēbātis explēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
explēvī explēvistī explēvit explēvimus explēvistis explēvērunt / explēvēre	explēveram explēverās explēverat explēverāmus explēverātis explēverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
explēbō explēbis explēbit explēbimus explēbitis explēbunt	explēverō explēveris explēverit explēverimus explēveritis explēverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
expleam expleās expleat expleāmus expleātis expleant	explērem explērēs explēret explērēmus explērētis explērent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
explēverim explēveris explēverit explēverimus explēveritis explēverint	explēvissem explēvissēs explēvisset explēvissēmus explēvissētis explēvissent
Infinitive present explēre Infinitive perfect explēvisse Infinitive future explētūrum esse	Imperative present explē explēte Imperative future explētō explētō explētōte explentō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
expleor explēris explētur explēmur explēminī explentur	explēbar explēbāris / explēbāre explēbātur explēbāmur explēbāminī explēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
explētus sum explētus es explētus est explētī sumus explētī estis explētī sunt	explētus eram explētus erās explētus erat explētī erāmus explētī erātis explētī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
explēbor explēberis / explēbere explēbitur explēbimur explēbiminī explēbuntur	explētus erō explētus eris explētus erit explētī erimus explētī eritis explētī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
explear expleāris / expleāre expleātur expleāmur expleāminī expleantur	explērer explērēris / explērēre explērētur explērēmur explērēminī explērentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
explētus sim explētus sīs explētus sit explētī sīmus explētī sītis explētī sint	explētus essem explētus essēs explētus esset explētī essēmus explētī essētis explētī essent
Infinitive present explērī Infinitive perfect explētum esse Infinitive future explētum īrī	Imperative present explēre explēminī Imperative future explētor explētor - explentor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	explēns	explentēs
Gen.	explentis	explentium
Dat.	explentī	explentibus
Acc.	explentem	explentēs
Abl.	explente	explentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	explētūrus	explētūrī
Gen.	explētūrī	explētūrōrum
Dat.	explētūrō	explētūrīs
Acc.	explētūrum	explētūrōs
Abl.	explētūrō	explētūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	explētus	explētī
Gen.	explētī	explētōrum
Dat.	explētō	explētīs
Acc.	explētum	explētōs
Abl.	explētō	explētīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	explendus	explendī
Gen.	explendī	explendōrum
Dat.	explendō	explendīs
Acc.	explendum	explendōs
Abl.	explendō	explendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	explēre	explētum
Gen.	explendī	explētū
Dat.	explendō
Acc.	explendum
Abl.	explendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 650.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "expleō, explēre, explēvī, explētum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 22, 2023. Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/expleo-explere-explevi-expletum.