verb transitive

opplĕo

2nd PP opplēre · 3rd PP opplēvi · 4th PP opplētum · conj. 2nd

(), , obpleo, plenus

to fill completely; to fill up; fill

to fill completely, to fill up, fill (class.).

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Lit.: saucii opplent porticūs, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 16 Vahl.): ager oppletus imbrium fremitu, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 12 (Trag. v. 196 Vahl.): oppleta tritici granaria, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 42: aedis spoliis, id. ib. 2, 6, 41; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 5: nives jam omnia oppleverant, Liv. 10, 46.—

by extension •

Transf.: alienus odor nares opplet, Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 3.—

figuratively •

Trop.: jam opplebit auris meas sua vaniloquentia, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 14: haec opinio Graeciam opplevit, Cic. N D. 2, 24, 63: mentes angustae, oppletae tenebris ac sordibus, id. Red. in Sen. 4, 10.

Perseus ID: n32803 Key: oppleo