complector

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Proto-Italic *plektōder.

Latin plectō

Latin complector

From con- +‎ plectō.

(to embrace, to hug): Compare typologically Turkish sarılmak (akin to sarmak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɫɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈplɛk.tor]

Verb

complector (present infinitive complectī, perfect active complexus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to embrace or hug

   Synonyms: amplector, teneō, implicō

2. to encircle, surround, encompass

   Synonyms: amplector, stīpō, claudō, circumdō, circumveniō

3. to comprehend, understand

   Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, apprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

4. to include or involve

   Synonyms: contineō, inclūdō, apprehendō, teneō, amplector

5. to seize or grasp

   Synonyms: teneo, retineo, capio, concipio, habeo, prehenso, apiscor, comprehendo

Conjugation

   Conjugation of complector (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	complector		complecteris, complectere		complectitur		complectimur		complectiminī		complectuntur
	imperfect	complectēbar		complectēbāris, complectēbāre		complectēbātur		complectēbāmur		complectēbāminī		complectēbantur
	future	complectar		complectēris, complectēre		complectētur		complectēmur		complectēminī		complectentur
	perfect	complexus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	complexus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	complexus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	complectar		complectāris, complectāre		complectātur		complectāmur		complectāminī		complectantur
	imperfect	complecterer		complecterēris, complecterēre		complecterētur		complecterēmur		complecterēminī		complecterentur
	perfect	complexus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	complexus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		complectere		—		—		complectiminī		—
	future	—		complectitor		complectitor		—		—		complectuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		complectī			—			complectēns			—
future		complexūrum esse			—			complexūrus			complectendus, complectundus
perfect		complexum esse			—			complexus			—
future perfect		complexum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		complexūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		complectendī		complectendō		complectendum		complectendō		complexum		complexū

Derived terms

• complexiō

Descendants

• → English: complect

References

• “complector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “complector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “complector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall fast asleep: artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10)
    
  • to show kindness to..: benevolentia aliquem complecti or prosequi
    
  • to grasp a thing mentally: animo, mente, cogitatione aliquid comprehendere, complecti
    
  • to be courteous, obliging to some one: aliquem officiis suis complecti, prosequi
    
  • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar