complebantur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fugam; ibi nostris animus additust: vortentibus Telobois telis complebantur corpora, ipsusque Amphitruo regem Pterelam sua obtruncavit manu. haec..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...milites in exteriorem vallum tela iaciebant, fossaeque aggere complebantur, et legionarii interioris munitionis defensores scalis admotis tormentis cuiusque..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...occurreret oculis. sed domus corporibus exanimis, itinera funeribus complebantur; non sexus, non aetas periculo vacua; servitia perinde..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Graecas per urbes licentia atque impunitas asyla statuendi; complebantur templa pessimis servitiorum; eodem subsidio obaerati adversum creditores suspectique..."