oppleo
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
opplĕo: (obp-), ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a. obpleo, plenus,
I to fill completely, to fill up, fill (class.).
I 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.—
B Transf.: alienus odor nares opplet, Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 3.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
opplĕō,¹² ēvī, ētum, ēre (ob, pleo), tr., remplir entièrement : Varro R. 1, 8, 5 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 138 || [fig.] hæc opinio Græciam opplevit Cic. Nat. 2, 63, cette opinion se répandit dans toute la Grèce ; mentes oppletæ tenebris ac sordibus Cic. Sen. 10, esprits remplis de ténèbres et de fange, cf. Rep. 6, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
oppleo, plēvī, plētum, ēre (ob u. *pleo), erfüllen, anfüllen, I) eig.: aedes spoliis, Plaut.: lacrimis os totum sibi, Ter.: participes suos praedā onerare atque opplere, Plaut.: oppletum oppidum est solariis, Aquil. com. fr.: nives omnia oppleverant, Liv.: caesi hostes decem milia passuum cadaveribus atque armis opplevere, Tac.: uti passim domus fora viae templaque cruore ac cadaveribus opplerentur, Aur. Vict.: cuncta coloribus egregiis et odoribus opplet, Lucr.: nec opplendae sunt huiusmodi cognitionibus chartulae, Gran. Licin. – II) übtr.: adeo totam urbem opplevit luctus, ut etc., Liv.: vetus haec opinio Graeciam opplevit, Cic.: mentes oppletae tenebris ac sordibus, Cic.: semper studuit opplere famā ac flagitiis, Turpil. com. 162 (wo C. F. W. Müller famae ac flagiti lesen will).
Latin > English
oppleo opplere, opplevi, oppletus V :: fill (completely); overspread
