complector

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ plectō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈplek.tor/, [kɔmˈpɫ̪ɛkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈplek.tor/, [komˈplɛkt̪or]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		complectī	complexum esse	complexūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		complectēns	complexus	complexūrus	—	—	complectendus, complectundus
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