Complevi

Complevi is the first-person singular perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb complere, meaning to fill, fill up, or complete. It marks a completed action in the past and is used in narrative or descriptive contexts to say that the speaker completed or filled something. The verb complere belongs to the second conjugation; its principal parts are complere, complevi, completum. The form complevi specifically embodies the completed action and is typically translated as “I filled” or “I completed,” depending on the context.

In Latin grammar, complevi is part of the perfect tense, formed with the stem complev- and the 1st person singular endings. The full paradigm of the perfect tense includes endings such as -i, -isti, -it, -imus, -istis, -erunt, with complevi representing the singular first-person form. The corresponding imperfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses are built from related stems and endings, but complevi itself is tied to the simple past sense of completed action.

Related forms include the perfect passive participle completus, which is used to form passive constructions and as an adjective meaning “completed.” The perfect active infinitive is complevisse, meaning “to have completed.” The supine form is completum, used in certain constructions and with some verbs to express purpose or result.

Usage notes: complevi appears in classical Latin texts and in Latin language study materials. Its meaning is typically determined by its object or clause context, e.g., Complevi officium ("I completed the duty"). As with other Latin perfects, it does not directly state when the action occurred beyond the past tense notion, which is supplied by surrounding temporal phrases.