Strong G4130πλήθω, πίμπλημι
to fill
- Transliteration
- plēthō
- Pronunciation
- play'-tho pleh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary word πλέω pleō (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated form of πίμπλημι pimplēmi to fill (literally or figuratively [imbue influence 6
supply]); specifically to fulfil (time): - accomplish full (. . . come) furnish.
supply]); specifically to fulfil (time): - accomplish full (. . . come) furnish.
Detailed definition
πίμπλημι
[in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא, also for שָׂבַע;]
trans. form in present and imperfect of πλήθω (intrans. in these tenses), which supplies the other tense forms;
to fill: with accusative, Luk.5:7; with accusative and genitive, Mat.27:48; pass., Mat.22:10, Act.19:29; of that which fills or takes possession of the mind: pass., with genitive, Luk.1:15, 41 1:67 4:28 5:26 6:11, Act.2:4 3:10 4:8, 31 5:17 9:17 13:9, 45. Metaphorical (as in LXX for מָלֵא: Gen.29:27, Job.15:32), to complete, fulfil: pass., of prophecy, Luk.21:22; of time, Luk.1:23, 57 2:6, 21-22 (cf. ἐμ-πίμπλημι).†
πλήθω, see: πίμπλημι
SYN.: πληροφορέω, πληρόω (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא, also for שָׂבַע;]
trans. form in present and imperfect of πλήθω (intrans. in these tenses), which supplies the other tense forms;
to fill: with accusative, Luk.5:7; with accusative and genitive, Mat.27:48; pass., Mat.22:10, Act.19:29; of that which fills or takes possession of the mind: pass., with genitive, Luk.1:15, 41 1:67 4:28 5:26 6:11, Act.2:4 3:10 4:8, 31 5:17 9:17 13:9, 45. Metaphorical (as in LXX for מָלֵא: Gen.29:27, Job.15:32), to complete, fulfil: pass., of prophecy, Luk.21:22; of time, Luk.1:23, 57 2:6, 21-22 (cf. ἐμ-πίμπλημι).†
πλήθω, see: πίμπλημι
SYN.: πληροφορέω, πληρόω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4130 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fill18
- accomplish4
- be2
- come1
- full1
- furnish1
First verses
- Matthew 22:10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- Matthew 27:48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
- Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
- Luke 1:23And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
- Luke 1:41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
- Luke 1:57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
- Luke 1:67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
- Luke 2:6And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
- Luke 2:21And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
- Luke 2:22And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
- Luke 4:28And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
- Luke 5:7And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
- Luke 5:26And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
- Luke 6:11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
- John 19:29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
- Acts 3:10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
- Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
- Acts 4:31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 5:17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλήθ-ω,
poetry perfect (in present sense) πέπληθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 29, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.84, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22. 38, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐπεπλήθει [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.271:)] — _intransitive_ form of πίμπλημι, mostly in present participle, to be full, πλήθει.. νεκύων ἐρατεινὰ ῥέεθρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.218; ναῦς.. ἀνδρῶν πληθούσας 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 142.7; θάλασσα.. ναυαγίων πλήθουσα καὶ φόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 420, compare 272)]; χεῖρας κρεῶν πλήθοντες having them full of.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1220; τὸ στεγύλλιον πέπληθε καλῶν ἔργων 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus [same place]: later with _dative_, κρήνην.. ὕδατι πεπληθυῖαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus [same place]; δόνακι πλήθοντα λιπὼν ῥόον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 166, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.63 (6th c.AD: Damocharis Epigrammaticus); πεπληθότα λύθρῳ 3rd c.BC: Maiistas Epicus 25)]; but Ἄναυρος ὄμβρῳ χειμερίῳ πλήθων swollen with winter's rain, ὄμβρῳ being dative of cause, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 478: _absolutely_, of rivers, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.87; ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι 11.492)]; of the full moon, σελήνη πλήθουσα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (18.484, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 3: in _Attic dialect_ Prose only in the phrases ἀγορᾶς πληθούσης, ἐν ἀγορᾷ πληθούσῃ, etc., see at {ἀγορά} IV: πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς)] rarely = in a full assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 257.14 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
II transitive only in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 14.7, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.126, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.345)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1392, 4.564, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.232 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 14.607; πάσαις ἀρεταῖς πληθόμενον κραδίην “BCH” 50.44 (Thespiae, 4th c.AD).)]
πίμπλημι,
in present and imperfect formed like{ἵστημι}; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πίμπλεισι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.3)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πιμπλῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 301)]; imperative πίμπλη conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 3, ἐμ-πίμπλη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1310)]; participle πιμπλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586b; but _nominative_ _plural_ _feminine_ πιμπλεῖσαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 880)]: imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐπίμπλασαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.10: other tenses from πλήθω (which in _present_ and _imperfect_ is _intransitive_))]: future πλήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 692, (ἀνα-) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.302)]: aorist ἔπλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 905, etc.)]; Epic dialect πλῆσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.60, +others: _perfect_ πέπληκα (ἐμ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23e, “Ly.” 204d:—_middle_, _future_ πλήσομαι (ἐμ-) 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1121, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 7)]:aorist ἐπλησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.224, etc.)]:—passive, future πλησθήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Luke.1.15, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 5.5, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 23.14, (ἐμ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 664, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.69; also πεπλήσομαι 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.16)]: aorist ἐπλήσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.156, etc.)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πλῆσθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (17.211, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.705)]: perfect πέπλησμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 60, (ἐμ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518b)], 3rd.pers. plural πεπλήαται [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 31 A, πέπληνται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 8; also shortened form πλῆνται 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.13:)]aorist 2 ἐπλήμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular and plural πλῆτο, πλῆντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.499, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.57, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 12.1; ἐν-έπλητο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 911, 1304; _imperative_ ἔμ-πλησο [prev. work] 603)]; optative ἐμ-πλῄμην, -ῇτο, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 236, “Lys.” 235)]; participle ἐμ-πλήμενος [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 424, 984, etc.)] —In the _compound_ ἐμπίμπλημι (which see; more frequently in Prose) the second μ is sometimes dropped, as ἐμπίπλημ; but returns with the augment, as in ἐνεπίμπλασα; compare πίμπρημι:—fill, with genitive of things, fill full of.., τράπεζαν ἀμβροσίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.93; πήρην σίτου καὶ κρειῶν 17.411)]; π. τινὰ μένεος, θάρσευς φρένας, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.60, 17.573; καλάμης τὸ πλοῖον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; π. κρητῆρα κακῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1398; πίμπλημ᾽ ὄμμα δακρύων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 906)]; δακρύων ἔπλησεν ἐμέ filled me full of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 368)]: with dative of things, fill with.., ἰαχῇ τε φόβῳ τε πάσας πλῆσαν ὁδούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.374; δακρύοις Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἅπασαν ἔπλησεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1363 (Lyric poetry))]; simply, fill, ἰχθύες.. πιμπλᾶσι μυχούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.23, compare 14.35, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 411, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494a; π. μέλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57.4: _absolutely_, πίμπλη σὺ μὲν ἐμοί (i.e. τὴν κύλικα) 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 3.)]
2 fill full, satisfy, glut, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 146, etc.)]
3 fill, discharge an office, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 361 (uncertain).)]
II middle, fill for oneself, or what is one's own, πλησάμενος οἴνοιο δέπας having filled himself a cup of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.224, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.112, etc.)]; π. νῆας load ships, [Refs ([prev. work] 87)]; π... θυμὸν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος fill up, satiate one's desire with..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (17.603; ματρόθεν δυσώνυμα λέκτρ᾽ ἐπλήσω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 528 (Lyric poetry))]; πεδία πίμπλασθ᾽ ἁρμάτων fill the plain full of your chariots, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 522.)]
III passive, to be filled, be full of, τῶν.. ἐπλήσθη πεδίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.156; πλῆτο ῥόος.. ἵππων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν 21.16; ὄσσε δακρυόφι πλῆσθεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.705, etc.; μένεος.. φρένες.. πίμπλαντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.104; πλῆσθεν.. μέλε᾽ ἐντὸς ἀλκῆς 17.211)]; ἀλκῆς πλῆτο φρένας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (.. [prev. work] 499; ἀϋτῆς.. ἐπλήσθη στέγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 646: rarely with _dative_, λέκτρα δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ πίμπλαται δακρύμασι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 134 (Lyric poetry); δάκρυσι τὸ στράτευμα πλησθέν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75.)]
III.2 to be filled, satisfied, have enough of a thing, αἱμάτων γένυσιν πλησθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 121)]; π. τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ to be wearied of it by being with it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 520; ἡδονῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 442a, etc.)]
III.3 of females, become pregnant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b29, 578b32)]. (Cf. Sanskritpiparti 'fill', pūrṇá-, Latin plenus, Gothic fulls, etc. 'full'.)
poetry perfect (in present sense) πέπληθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 29, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.84, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22. 38, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐπεπλήθει [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.271:)] — _intransitive_ form of πίμπλημι, mostly in present participle, to be full, πλήθει.. νεκύων ἐρατεινὰ ῥέεθρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.218; ναῦς.. ἀνδρῶν πληθούσας 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 142.7; θάλασσα.. ναυαγίων πλήθουσα καὶ φόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 420, compare 272)]; χεῖρας κρεῶν πλήθοντες having them full of.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1220; τὸ στεγύλλιον πέπληθε καλῶν ἔργων 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus [same place]: later with _dative_, κρήνην.. ὕδατι πεπληθυῖαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus [same place]; δόνακι πλήθοντα λιπὼν ῥόον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 166, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.63 (6th c.AD: Damocharis Epigrammaticus); πεπληθότα λύθρῳ 3rd c.BC: Maiistas Epicus 25)]; but Ἄναυρος ὄμβρῳ χειμερίῳ πλήθων swollen with winter's rain, ὄμβρῳ being dative of cause, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 478: _absolutely_, of rivers, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.87; ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι 11.492)]; of the full moon, σελήνη πλήθουσα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (18.484, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 3: in _Attic dialect_ Prose only in the phrases ἀγορᾶς πληθούσης, ἐν ἀγορᾷ πληθούσῃ, etc., see at {ἀγορά} IV: πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς)] rarely = in a full assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 257.14 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
II transitive only in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 14.7, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.126, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 6.345)]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1392, 4.564, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.232 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus), 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 14.607; πάσαις ἀρεταῖς πληθόμενον κραδίην “BCH” 50.44 (Thespiae, 4th c.AD).)]
πίμπλημι,
in present and imperfect formed like{ἵστημι}; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πίμπλεισι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.3)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πιμπλῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 301)]; imperative πίμπλη conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 3, ἐμ-πίμπλη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1310)]; participle πιμπλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586b; but _nominative_ _plural_ _feminine_ πιμπλεῖσαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 880)]: imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐπίμπλασαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.10: other tenses from πλήθω (which in _present_ and _imperfect_ is _intransitive_))]: future πλήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 692, (ἀνα-) 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.302)]: aorist ἔπλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 905, etc.)]; Epic dialect πλῆσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.60, +others: _perfect_ πέπληκα (ἐμ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23e, “Ly.” 204d:—_middle_, _future_ πλήσομαι (ἐμ-) 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1121, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 7)]:aorist ἐπλησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.224, etc.)]:—passive, future πλησθήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Luke.1.15, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 5.5, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 23.14, (ἐμ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 664, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.69; also πεπλήσομαι 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.16)]: aorist ἐπλήσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.156, etc.)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πλῆσθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (17.211, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.705)]: perfect πέπλησμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 60, (ἐμ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518b)], 3rd.pers. plural πεπλήαται [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 31 A, πέπληνται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 8; also shortened form πλῆνται 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.13:)]aorist 2 ἐπλήμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular and plural πλῆτο, πλῆντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.499, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.57, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 12.1; ἐν-έπλητο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 911, 1304; _imperative_ ἔμ-πλησο [prev. work] 603)]; optative ἐμ-πλῄμην, -ῇτο, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 236, “Lys.” 235)]; participle ἐμ-πλήμενος [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 424, 984, etc.)] —In the _compound_ ἐμπίμπλημι (which see; more frequently in Prose) the second μ is sometimes dropped, as ἐμπίπλημ; but returns with the augment, as in ἐνεπίμπλασα; compare πίμπρημι:—fill, with genitive of things, fill full of.., τράπεζαν ἀμβροσίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.93; πήρην σίτου καὶ κρειῶν 17.411)]; π. τινὰ μένεος, θάρσευς φρένας, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.60, 17.573; καλάμης τὸ πλοῖον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; π. κρητῆρα κακῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1398; πίμπλημ᾽ ὄμμα δακρύων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 906)]; δακρύων ἔπλησεν ἐμέ filled me full of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 368)]: with dative of things, fill with.., ἰαχῇ τε φόβῳ τε πάσας πλῆσαν ὁδούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.374; δακρύοις Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἅπασαν ἔπλησεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1363 (Lyric poetry))]; simply, fill, ἰχθύες.. πιμπλᾶσι μυχούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.23, compare 14.35, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 411, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494a; π. μέλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57.4: _absolutely_, πίμπλη σὺ μὲν ἐμοί (i.e. τὴν κύλικα) 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 3.)]
2 fill full, satisfy, glut, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 146, etc.)]
3 fill, discharge an office, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 361 (uncertain).)]
II middle, fill for oneself, or what is one's own, πλησάμενος οἴνοιο δέπας having filled himself a cup of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.224, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.112, etc.)]; π. νῆας load ships, [Refs ([prev. work] 87)]; π... θυμὸν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος fill up, satiate one's desire with..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (17.603; ματρόθεν δυσώνυμα λέκτρ᾽ ἐπλήσω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 528 (Lyric poetry))]; πεδία πίμπλασθ᾽ ἁρμάτων fill the plain full of your chariots, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 522.)]
III passive, to be filled, be full of, τῶν.. ἐπλήσθη πεδίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.156; πλῆτο ῥόος.. ἵππων τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν 21.16; ὄσσε δακρυόφι πλῆσθεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.705, etc.; μένεος.. φρένες.. πίμπλαντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.104; πλῆσθεν.. μέλε᾽ ἐντὸς ἀλκῆς 17.211)]; ἀλκῆς πλῆτο φρένας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (.. [prev. work] 499; ἀϋτῆς.. ἐπλήσθη στέγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 646: rarely with _dative_, λέκτρα δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ πίμπλαται δακρύμασι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 134 (Lyric poetry); δάκρυσι τὸ στράτευμα πλησθέν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75.)]
III.2 to be filled, satisfied, have enough of a thing, αἱμάτων γένυσιν πλησθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 121)]; π. τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ to be wearied of it by being with it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 520; ἡδονῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 442a, etc.)]
III.3 of females, become pregnant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b29, 578b32)]. (Cf. Sanskritpiparti 'fill', pūrṇá-, Latin plenus, Gothic fulls, etc. 'full'.)