I. c. gen., full of, “ἄστυ π. οἰκιέων” Hdt.1.180; “φορμοὶ ψάμμου π.” Id.8.71; “ὁμίχλα . . π. δακρύων” A.Pr.145(lyr.); “πλῆρες ἄτης στέγος” S.Aj.307; “ποταμὸς π. ἰχθύων” X.An.1.4.9; “π. μέλιτος τὸ καλὸν στόμα” Theoc.1.146; “ταῦτα πάσης ἀλογίας π.” Plb.1.15.6; of persons, “κενῶν δοξασμάτων π.” E.El. 384; “αἰδοῦς π. ψυχή” Pl.Plt.310d.
2. infected by, π. ὑπ᾽ οἰωνῶν τε καὶ κυνῶν βορᾶς polluted by birds and dogs with meat (torn from the body of Polynices), S.Ant.1017; νόσου ib.1052.
3. satisfied, satiated, c. gen., “π. ἔχοντι θυμὸν ὧν χρῄζεις” Id.OC778: c. part., θηεύμενοι ἔωσι π. they should have gazed their fill, Hdt.7.146.
III. abs., full, of a swollen stream, Hdt.2.92; of the moon, Sapph.53, Hdt.6.106; “π. γαστήρ” S.Fr.848; “ὄγκος γαστρός” Trag.Adesp.186; κρατῆρες, δέπας, etc., E.Ba.221, Hec.527, etc.; “κεχόρτασμαι . . οὐ κακῶς, ἀλλ᾽ εἰμὶ π.” Eub.30, cf. 53; full of people, “ἐπειδὰν π. ᾖ τὸ θέατρον” Isoc.8.82; “π. τὸ βαλανεῖον ποιεῖν” Ar.Nu.1054; “εἰ π. τύχοι ὁ δῆμος ὤν” Id.Ec.95, cf. X.Ath.2.17; “ἡ βουλὴ ἐπειδὴ ἦν π.” And. 1.112; “ἐπειδὰν πάντα π. ᾖ τὰ δικαστήρια” Arist.Ath.66.1, cf. IG12.41.5; “ἐπειδὴ π. αὐτοῖς ἦσαν αἱ νῆες” fully manned, Th.1.29, cf. X.HG2.1.28, D.50.32; of persons, satisfied, gorged, opp. κενός, X.Oec.11.18, etc.; τὸ π., opp. τὸ κενόν, Leucipp. and Democr. ap. Arist.Metaph.985b5.
2. full, complete, “ἐπειρώτων . . εἰ λελάβηκε πλήρεα . . τὰ ἀκροθίνια” Hdt.8.122; “ὡς ἂν τὴν χάριν πλήρη λάβω” E.Hel.1411, cf. PGiss.40ii6 (iii A. D.); -εστάτη οἰκειότης fullest intimacy, Epicur.Sent.40; “φέρων π. τὸν μισθόν” X.An.7.5.5; -εστάτῳ δικαίῳ, = Lat. optimo jure, PFlor.66.3 (iv A. D.); of numbers or periods of Time, τέσσερα ἔτεα π. four full years, Hdt.7.20.
3. solid, whole, of a voting-pebble (ψῆφος), opp. τετρυπημένος, τρυπητός, Aeschin.1.79, Arist.Ath.68.2, 69.1; “π. ὁπλαί” Poll.1.191; “αὔλημα” Id.4.73; “ἄγαλμα . . ἐποίησε πλῆρες” Paus.9.12.4.
4. of sound, full, “πληρέστερον μέλος” Iamb.VP14.65.
5. of wine, full-bodied, with a persistent flavour, Archig. ap. Gal.8.945; of the pulse, Id.ib.678; of wool, Id.ib.672.
6. ἐκ πλήρους fully, “ποιεῖν τὰ δίκαια” IG22.1343.21; in full, “τὰ ἐκφόρια κομίσασθαι” PTeb.105.47 (ii B. C.), etc.
IV. πλήρης is used indecl. in later Greek, esp. of payments in full, Wilcken Chr.499.9 (ii/iii A. D.), etc.; freq. v.l. in LXX, Ge.27.27, Nu.7.20, Jb.21.24,al.
