impello

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- +‎ pellō (“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

Verb

impellō (present infinitive impellere, perfect active impulī, supine impulsum); third conjugation

  1. to push, drive or strike against something; assail
  2. to drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel
    Synonyms: compellō, cōgō, perpellō, impingō
  3. (figuratively) to impel, incite, urge, instigate, stimulate, persuade
    Synonyms: urgeō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, subigō, adhortor, ērigō
    Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
  4. (figuratively) to overthrow, subdue, rout, destroy, vanquish
    Synonyms: fundō, ruīnō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, aboleō, occīdō, perdō, dēstruō, exscindō, populor, accīdō, tollō, dīruō, sepeliō, perimō, interimō, afflīgō, trucīdō, dissipō, prōsternō, sternō, vertō, versō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of impellō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present impellō impellis impellit impellimus impellitis impellunt
imperfect impellēbam impellēbās impellēbat impellēbāmus impellēbātis impellēbant
future impellam impellēs impellet impellēmus impellētis impellent
perfect impulī impulistī impulit impulimus impulistis impulērunt,
impulēre
pluperfect impuleram impulerās impulerat impulerāmus impulerātis impulerant
future perfect impulerō impuleris impulerit impulerimus impuleritis impulerint
passive present impellor impelleris,
impellere 		impellitur impellimur impelliminī impelluntur
imperfect impellēbar impellēbāris,
impellēbāre 		impellēbātur impellēbāmur impellēbāminī impellēbantur
future impellar impellēris,
impellēre 		impellētur impellēmur impellēminī impellentur
perfect impulsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect impulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect impulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present impellam impellās impellat impellāmus impellātis impellant
imperfect impellerem impellerēs impelleret impellerēmus impellerētis impellerent
perfect impulerim impulerīs impulerit impulerīmus impulerītis impulerint
pluperfect impulissem impulissēs impulisset impulissēmus impulissētis impulissent
passive present impellar impellāris,
impellāre 		impellātur impellāmur impellāminī impellantur
imperfect impellerer impellerēris,
impellerēre 		impellerētur impellerēmur impellerēminī impellerentur
perfect impulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect impulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — impelle — — impellite —
future — impellitō impellitō — impellitōte impelluntō
passive present — impellere — — impelliminī —
future — impellitor impellitor — — impelluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives impellere impulisse impulsūrum esse impellī impulsum esse impulsum īrī
participles impellēns — impulsūrus — impulsus impellendus,
impellundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
impellendī impellendō impellendum impellendō impulsum impulsū

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References

  • “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
    • to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
    • the enemy's line is repulsed: acies hostium impellitur
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