(v. a.P. a.) : com-plĕo (conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. pleo, whence suppleo, plenus
* To fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).
* Lit., of material objects.
* In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.
* Trop.
* Esp.
* With gen.: conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,Cic. Sen. 14, 46: cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147: quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,Lucr. 5, 1162.
* In milit. lang.
* To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up: legiones in itinere,Caes. B. C. 1, 25: cohortes pro numero militum complet,Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1: legione completā per maniplos,Sil. 8, 119.
* To fill, impregnate: alias (mulieres),Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.
* Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).
* To fill with light, maké full: ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: mundum suā luce,id. N. D. 2, 46, 119: terras largā luce,id. ib. 2, 19, 43: orbem (luna),Tib. 2, 4, 18: lunae se cornua lumine complent,Verg. A. 3, 645: quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),Lucr. 5, 595.
* Transf., to cover, overwhelm: Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,i. e. to deck, adorn,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77: vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.
* To fill, sate with food or drink: multo cibo et potione,Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: se flore Liberi,Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8: haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.
* To supply fully, furnish abundantly: exercitum omni copiā,Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.
* To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion: completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3: reliquos (milites) bonā spe,Caes. B. C. 2, 21: aliquem gaudio,Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69: taedio,Quint. 8, 6, 14: animos robore,Luc. 5, 412: omnia luctu,Sall. C. 51, 9: omnia terrore,Liv. 34, 9, 13: cuncta pavore,Curt. 3, 13, 10 al.—With gen.: aliquem erroris et dementiae,Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9: aliquem flagitii et formidinis,id. Men. 5, 5, 3.
* To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it: lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46: his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis): nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,Liv. 23, 35, 15: studia,Gell. 13, 5: conplent ea beatissimam vitam,Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47: summam promissi,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116: rerum humanarum sorte completā,Curt. 10, 6, 6 al.
* Of time, to finish, complete: Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,Cic. Sen. 5, 13: cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,Nep. Att. 21, 1: Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.: sua fata,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77: sua tempora,id. M. 15, 816: quinque saecula vitae suae,id. ib. 15, 395: materna tempora,i. e. the time of pregnancy,id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311: semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a. *
* Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.
* Trop., complete, perfect: completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,Cic. Or. 50, 168.—* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

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