verbthird conjugation
āvellō
āvellō (present infinitive āvellere, perfect active āvulsī, supine āvulsum)
Classical[aːˈwɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[aˈvɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to tear off or away; to wrest
- to pluck or rend off
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vī extrahōāvellō -ere — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 6
vī abrumpōāvellō -ere — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 5
tear away
āvellō -ere — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvellō | āvellēbam | āvellam | āvulsī | āvulseram | āvulserō |
| 2nd sg. | āvellis | āvellēbās | āvellēs | āvulsistī | āvulserās | āvulseris |
| 3rd sg. | āvellit | āvellēbat | āvellet | āvulsit | āvulserat | āvulserit |
| 1st pl. | āvellimus | āvellēbāmus | āvellēmus | āvulsimus | āvulserāmus | āvulserimus |
| 2nd pl. | āvellitis | āvellēbātis | āvellētis | āvulsistis | āvulserātis | āvulseritis |
| 3rd pl. | āvellunt | āvellēbant | āvellent | āvulsērunt āvulsēre | āvulserant | āvulserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvellam | āvellerem | āvulserim | āvulsissem |
| 2nd sg. | āvellās | āvellerēs | āvulserīs | āvulsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | āvellat | āvelleret | āvulserit | āvulsisset |
| 1st pl. | āvellāmus | āvellerēmus | āvulserīmus | āvulsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | āvellātis | āvellerētis | āvulserītis | āvulsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | āvellant | āvellerent | āvulserint | āvulsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvellor | āvellēbar | āvellar |
| 2nd sg. | āvelleris āvellere | āvellēbāris āvellēbāre | āvellēris āvellēre |
| 3rd sg. | āvellitur | āvellēbātur | āvellētur |
| 1st pl. | āvellimur | āvellēbāmur | āvellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | āvelliminī | āvellēbāminī | āvellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | āvelluntur | āvellēbantur | āvellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | āvellar | āvellerer |
| 2nd sg. | āvellāris āvellāre | āvellerēris āvellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | āvellātur | āvellerētur |
| 1st pl. | āvellāmur | āvellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | āvellāminī | āvellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | āvellantur | āvellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | āvelle | āvellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | āvellite | āvelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | āvellitō | āvellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | āvellitō | āvellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | āvellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | āvelluntō | āvelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | āvellere | āvellī |
| perfect infinitive | āvulsisse | āvulsum esse |
| future infinitive | āvulsūrum esse | āvulsum īrī |
| present participle | āvellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | āvulsus āvulsa, āvulsā, āvulsae, āvulsam, āvulsārum, āvulsās, āvulse, āvulsīs, āvulsō, āvulsōrum, āvulsōs |
| future participle | āvulsūrus āvulsūra, āvulsūrā, āvulsūrae, āvulsūram, āvulsūrārum, āvulsūrās, āvulsūre, āvulsūrī, āvulsūrīs, āvulsūrō, āvulsūrōrum, āvulsūrōs, āvulsūrum | āvellendus āvellundus, āvellenda, āvellendā, āvellendae, āvellendam, āvellendārum, āvellendās, āvellende, āvellendīs, āvellendōrum, āvellendōs |
gerundāvellendī, āvellendō, āvellendumsupineāvulsum, āvulsū
ā-vello, velli or vulsi, vulsum or volsum, 3, v. a. (
I. pluperf. avellerat, Curt. 5, 6, 5; perf. avulsi, Luc. 9, 764), to tear off or away, to pull or rend off (syn.: abripio, eximo).
I. In gen. (class.):
avellere tigna trabesque, to tear away planks and beams, Lucr. 6, 241: avolsaque saxa Montibus, the rocks rent from the mountains, id. 4, 141: avolsum umeris caput, Verg. A. 2, 558; so Ov. M. 3, 727; 2, 358: avolsos silices a montibus altis, Lucr. 5, 313: avolsus radicibus oculus, id. 3, 563: poma ex arboribus, si cruda sunt, vix avelluntur; si matura et cocta, decidunt, Cic. Sen. 19, 71; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49 fin.: Cum ripa simul avolsos ferat Aufidus acer, Hor. S. 1, 1, 58; 2, 8, 89: Avellit frondes, Ov. M. 2, 351: summitatem frondium ejus avulsit, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 4 al.: Ex eā avolsa postea Therasia, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70: Euboea avolsa Boeotiae, id. 4, 12, 21, § 63.—II. Esp.
A. To take away by force, to tear away:
rus ab aliquo, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 14: pretium alicui, Hor. S. 1, 2, 104: fatale sacrato avellere templo Palladium, Verg. A. 2, 165: fundum emptori, Dig. 23, 7, 17; 40, 7, 3: avellamus eum ad nos, Vulg. Isa. 7, 6; so of carrying off the bride, Cat. 62, 21 Ellis.—B. To separate from something by pulling, to part, to remove:
aliquem de matris complexu avellere atque abstrahere, Cic. Font. 17: ab uberibus avellere, to wean, Vulg. Isa. 28, 9: ut sperem posse (eum) avelli, Ter. And. 3, 3, 21: Non potes avelli! simul, ah, simul ibimus, inquit, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 81: complexu avolsus Iuli, Verg. A. 4, 616: ut avellerentur castris, Tac. A. 1, 44: se, to tear one's self away, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 39.— And in pass. without the notion of violence, to withdraw: Et ipse avulsus est ab eis, Vulg. Luc. 22, 41 Tisch.—Trop.: aliquem a tanto errore, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 83.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
āvellō (vellī), volsus or vulsus, ere
ab + vello, to tear away, rend off, pluck, snatch away: poma ex arboribus vi: alqd a corpore: frondes, O.: leporum avulsos armos edere, H.: avolsum umeris caput, V.: truncis corpora, O.: tibi mavis pretium avellier? H.: sibi avelli iubet spiculum.— To tear away, remove by force: ab eā sese, T.: de matris hunc complexu: ut sperem posse avelli, be separated, T.: neque avelli possunt, leave the place, V.: complexu avulsus Iuli, V.—To pluck away, rescue: hunc convitio a tanto errore.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latināvellō
Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti Proto-Italic *welnō Latin vellō Latin āvellō From ab- + vellō.
Descendants
- Italianavellere