Words from the root "Plenus"

A discussion of word histories and origins.
vaibhavd85
Junior Lexiterian
Posts: 26
Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:55 am
Location: India, Pune
Contact:

Words from the root "Plenus"

Postby vaibhavd85 » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:26 am

Plenary (Adj): complete, full.
This word is derived form the Latin root “plenus” which means “full”.

Contextual example:
After receiving plenary power to rule the country, predictably the dictator started to use it in his favor.

Antonyms: partial

Replenish (V): fill up again.
This word can be split as “re” which means “again” and “plenir” which is derived form the root “plenus”. “plenir” means “to fill”.

Contextual example:
To avoid stoppage in the manufacturing line we should replenish our stock of Mild steel plates.

Before leaving his camp he replenished his waterbottle, because the trek was going to be very long and potable water was scarce in that area.

Deplete (V): reduce, exhaust.
This word can be split as “de” (to do opposite of) + “plere” (full). Thus the meaning of the word develops as: to empty out, as inverse of filling is emptying.

Contextual example (reduce):
Because of the two accidental deaths, his near and dear ones were depleted to a few.

Contextual example (exhaust):
At the current high rate of consumption it is projected that petrol will be depleted in 85 years.

Antonyms: augment, increase

Plentitude (N): abundance, completeness.
This word comes from Latin root “plenitudo”, which in turn is derived from the root “plenus”.

Contextual example:
It was because of the plentitude of wealth and wisdom that India was invaded many times.

A quite rare word that I found related to the root “plenus”

Plenarium (N): A book or a manuscript containing a complete set of sacred writings

e.g. Gospels, Epistles. Some more familiar pleanirium’s: Vedas, Bhagwad geeta.

Contextual example:
For obtaining his degree in arts he had to study a complete plenarium.

Plenum (N): A space filled with matter at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.

Contextual example:
The hovercraft was not able to achieve lift as the plenum chamber had many leaks. (A problem that we faced during our final year project)

To make your job of remembering the root “plenus” a tad easy, let me provide you with some easy to remember anchor words.

1) Plenty
2) Complete

Cognates, discussion, feedback are always welcome.

Time required generating this post 1:30 hr.

Regards,
V

sluggo
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1476
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:58 pm
Location: Carolinia Agrestícia: The Forest Primeval

Re: Words from the root "Plenus"

Postby sluggo » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:21 am


Time required generating this post 1:30 hr.

Regards,
V
OK now this line is scary- reminds me of income tax :evil: forms ...

That aside, I get a form of this word a lot in my line of work and don't quite get the derivation- a convention will commonly schedule a plenary session, whose distinction from a general session is never clear.
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!

User avatar
gailr
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1945
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am
Contact:

Postby gailr » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:29 pm

The Chair recognizes sluggo.

Plenary session is a term often used in conferences to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. Under no circumstances should this be considered more pompous than a general session. If I recall my Robert's Rules of Order correctly, decisions are made by a quarrel.

gailr

sluggo
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1476
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:58 pm
Location: Carolinia Agrestícia: The Forest Primeval

Postby sluggo » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:43 pm

The Chair recognizes sluggo.

Plenary session is a term often used in conferences to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. Under no circumstances should this be considered more pompous than a general session. If I recall my Robert's Rules of Order correctly, decisions are made by a quarrel.

gailr
Yeah I know this from direct experience but I'm just not clear on how it came to be called such. It seems quite a stretch.
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!

User avatar
gailr
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1945
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am
Contact:

Postby gailr » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:27 pm

sluggo, the chair was joking...

-gailr :wink:

sluggo
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1476
Joined: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:58 pm
Location: Carolinia Agrestícia: The Forest Primeval

Postby sluggo » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:24 am

sluggo, the chair was joking...

-gailr :wink:
Aye, I have a chair like that so I shan't quarrel.
Robot Rules of Order:
1. Never point a robot toward the sun ('oh no my eyes..')
2. Don't give a robot gum... etc etc
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!

Stargzer
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2578
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:56 pm
Location: Crownsville, MD

Postby Stargzer » Sat May 05, 2007 12:03 am

The Chair recognizes sluggo.
If he really looks anything like his avatar it would be hard not to recognize him. It reminds me of Bender from Futurama, without the cigar and the alcohol.
... If I recall my Robert's Rules of Order correctly, decisions are made by a quarrel.

gailr
No, no, no! A quarrel is the verb naming the action often performed by a quorum. For a famous Capital quarrel from 1856, albeit between a Congressman and a Senator, see the Sumner-Brooks Affair at Wikipedia.
Regards//Larry

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee

User avatar
gailr
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1945
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am
Contact:

Postby gailr » Mon May 07, 2007 5:49 am

After reading about the Old Senate Chamber in your link, gzer, I feel compelled to repeat part of the Chair's previous recognition of the honourable gentleman sluggo: "Under no circumstances should this be considered more pompous than a general session."

-gailr

Stargzer
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2578
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:56 pm
Location: Crownsville, MD

Postby Stargzer » Mon May 07, 2007 1:05 pm

Ah, what a Memorial Headress Gail sports this time!

Image
Regards//Larry

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee

Perry
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2306
Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:50 am
Location: Asheville, NC

Postby Perry » Mon May 07, 2007 1:36 pm

I thought that she might have collided with Wonder Woman.
Image
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous

User avatar
gailr
Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 1945
Joined: Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:40 am
Contact:

Postby gailr » Mon May 07, 2007 7:36 pm

I thought that she might have collided with Wonder Woman.
That floozy? Puh-leeze. :D

Stargzer
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 2578
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:56 pm
Location: Crownsville, MD

Postby Stargzer » Tue May 08, 2007 6:10 pm

I thought that she might have collided with Wonder Woman.
That floozy? Puh-leeze. :D
I believe she is now a devout Christian and a Reformed Floozey. Or at least the actress is.
Regards//Larry

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee


Return to “Etymology”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests