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πίμπλημι ἐμπίπλημι From Root ΠΛΕ or ΠΛΑ in pres. and impf. formed like ἵστημι other tenses formed from

I.to fill full of a thing, c. gen., Hom., etc.: c. dat. to fill with a thing, Eur.:—absol. to fill up, to fill, Il., attic
2.to fill, discharge an office, Aesch.
II.Mid. to fill for oneself, or what is one's own, πλήσασθαι δέπας οἴνοιο to fill oneself a cup of wine, Il.; πλ. νῆας to get ships laden, Od.; θυμὸν πλήσασθαι ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος to satiate one's desire with meat and drink, id=Od.; πεδία πίμπλασθ᾽ ἁρμάτων fill the plain full of your chariots, Eur.
III.Pass. to be filled, become or be full of, c. gen., Hom., etc.
2.to have enough of a thing, πλησθῆναι αἱμάτων Soph.; ἡδονῶν Plat.; —rarely c. dat., δάκρυσι πλησθείς Thuc.

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