complebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →compleo, complere, complevi, completus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fill (up/in); be big enough to fill; occupy space, crowd; furnish/supply/man;; finish, complete, perfect; make pregnant; fulfill, make up, complete, satisfy;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...fumida cum caeli scintillare omnia templa cernentes pavida complebant pectora cura, quid moliretur rerum natura novarum. Hisce tibi..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Hostes medium inter bina castra spatium acie instructa complebant, provocantibusque ad proelium responsum Romanus nemo reddebat. Tandem fatigati..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...certamen] venerantium. iamque et Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant, cum emissi militum globi verberibus et intento ferro turbatos..."