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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.
(α). 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.—
(β). Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf. “compleo): ollam denariorum implere,Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—
(γ). 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. —
II. Trop.
A. Ingen., to fill, make full.
(γ). 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.—
(δ). 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.
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