fill (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. Lit.1. impleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (usu. with acc. and abl.; also acc. and gen.)2. compleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to f. completely3. expleo, 24. repleo, 2 (strictly, to f. again, sometimes simply to fill)5. oppleo, 2 (to f. to choking)6. suppleo, 2 (to f. up what is lacking)7. cŭmŭlo, 18. occŭpo, 1 (to take possession of, cover)II. To pervade; as sounds, etc.1. compleo, 12. repleo, 23. impleo, 24. cĕlebro, concĕlebro, 1 (of sounds repeated again and again)III. To inspire with some emotion1. impleo, 22. compleo, 2 (stronger than preced.)3. expleo, 2 (rare in this sense)4. repleo, 2 (rare in this sense)5. perfundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (lit. to drench, bathe with6. injīcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (lit. to put intoIV. To discharge an officeB. Intrans. • fill (v.): A. Trans.: I. Lit.: to make full: 1. impleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (usu. with acc. and abl.; also acc. and gen.): she f.'d a bowl with wine, implevit pateram mero, Virg.: to f. a pot with denaries, ollam denariorum i., Cic. Fam. 9, 18: Virg.: waxing moons f. out the shell-fish, nascentes i. conchylia lunae, Plin.: Neptune f.'d the sails with auspicious gales. Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis, Virg. See also inf. (II.). 2. compleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to f. completely: same constr. as preced.): they f. up the trenches with faggots and bushes, fossas sarmentis et virgultis complent, Liv.: a prison f.'d with traders, completus mercatorum carcer, Cic.: to f. a page (with writing), paginam c., Cic. Att. 13, 34: they f. the whole plain, omnem planitiem complent, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. 3. expleo, 2: v. to fill up. 4. repleo, 2 (strictly, to f. again, sometimes simply to fill): to f. oneself with food, se esca r., Pl.: to f. the plains with carnage, campos strage hominum r., Liv. 9, 40, ad med. 5. oppleo, 2 (to f. to choking): Pl.: Varr. 6. suppleo, 2 (to f. up what is lacking): v. to fill up, supply. 7. cŭmŭlo, 1: v. to heap, pile. 8. occŭpo, 1 (to take possession of, cover): to f. the Tyrrhene sea with hewn stone, Tyrrhenum mare caementis o., Hor. Od. 3, 24, 3. II. To pervade; as sounds, etc.: 1. compleo, 1: the sound f.s the ears, sonus aures c., Cic. Rep. 6, 18: Hor. 2. repleo, 2: to f. the groves and mountains with moaning, nemora ac montes gemitu r., Lucr. 5, 992. 3. impleo, 2: they f. the rocks with lacrymose cries, scopulos implent lacrymosis vocibus, Virg. Aen. 11, 274. 4. cĕlebro, concĕlebro, 1 (of sounds repeated again and again): my ears are every day f.'d with rumours, fama, nuntiis celebrantur aures quotidie meae, Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 22: esp. poet., to f. all the street with song, cantu conc. omnem plateam, Pl. Cas. 4, 3, 2: v. to pervade. III. To inspire with some emotion: 1. impleo, 2: to f. the multitude with unfounded expectation, multitudinem exspectatione vana i., Liv. 32, 29: Hor. 2. compleo, 2 (stronger than preced.): to f. any one with joy, aliquem gaudio c., Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69: rarely in this sense with gen.: I will f. them with delusion, erroris illos complebo, Pl. Amph. 1, 2, 9. 3. expleo, 2 (rare in this sense): Ter.: v. to satisfy. 4. repleo, 2 (rare in this sense): to f. one's country with joy, patriam laetitia r., Vell. 2, 103, 1. 5. perfundo, fūdi, sum, 3 (lit. to drench, bathe with: a strong expr.): ye gods! what horror f.'d me, dii immortales, qui me horror perfudit! Cic. Att. 8, 6: to be f.'d (beyond measure) with joy, gaudio perfundi, Liv. 6. injīcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (lit. to put into: with acc. and dat.): v. to inspire with. IV. To discharge an office: fungor (with abl.), gĕro: v. to discharge, fulfil. B. Intrans.: to become full: expr. by pass. reflect. of compleo, impleo, etc.: the ditches f., implentur fossae, Virg. G. 1, 326: or invert the sentence, expressing by the act. voice: the ships of war were f.ing with water as the tide came in, naves longas aestus complebat, Caes. B. G. 4, 29. Phr.: the hold f.s with water, haurit alvus aquas, Ov. Fast. 3, 492; navis imbrem (aquam) accipit, Virg. Aen. 1, 123.
FILL Copy link • FILL 1. TRANS., complere (to fill completely; e.g. fossas sarmentis et virgultis; vascula; paginam; and figuratively, omnia terrore; aliquem gaudio, bona spe, etc.; also to fill with the full complement; e.g., legiones): implere (to fill by something put into it; e.g., ollam, pateram, gremium, etc.; also libros, volumina, and se sanguine, etc.): explere (to fill out, so that no vacuum is left inside, quasi rimas explere, mundum bonis omnibus, etc.): opplere (to fill anything, of which it also covers the surface, nives omnia; Graeciam haec opinio opplevit): replere (to fill again; e.g., exhaustas domos; also to fill full, campos strage hostium). All these, anything with anything, aliquid aliqua re, except that Livy has replere alicujus rei, and Cic. ollam denariorum implere, and career mercatorum completus: farcire (to stuff; e.g., a cushion, a pillow, etc., with roses): ref’ercire (to cram full): cumulare (to heap), aliquid aliqua re. To be filled full of meat and drink, cibo et potione completum esse; epulis refertum esse: to fill one’s self full with food, se ingurgitare cibis; of wine, vino se onerare: vino obrui or se obruere: to fill anything; i. e., to pour liquid into a vessel, plene infundere (to fill to the brim): to fill a place with people, locum complere hominibus (a prison, carcerem); locum frequentare (to cause any place to be filled with people): to fill a page, paginam complere: Chrysippus has filled whole volumes on the subject, de quibus volumina impleta sunt a Chrysippo: what is this ravishing sound that fills my ears? qui complet aures meas tam dulcis sonus? (Cic., Somn. Scip., 5): to fill the earth with the glory of one’s name, implere orbem terrarum nominis sui gloria. To occupy (an office, etc.), locum obtinere: to fill a priesthood, sacerdotio praeditum esse. To FILL OUT. To fill one’s self out, complere se (cibo, etc.). To FILL UP, explere: implere (quite full to the brim): to fill up a ditch, fossam complere (e.g., sarmentis et virgultis), or implere (e.g., aggere, with rubbish); the gaps with stones, intervalla saxis effarcire. 2. INTRANS., compleri: impleri: expleri: oppleri: repleri. [SYN. in To FILL.] A ship fills with water, alveus navis haurit aquas (†); (omnibus) compagibus aquam accipere (to be filling with water through the seams).