verbthird conjugation
dēpellō
dēpellō (present infinitive dēpellere, perfect active dēpulī, supine dēpulsum)
Classical[deːˈpɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[deˈpɛl.lo]
dēpulsus perf. pass. ptcp.
Meaning
- to drive out or away; remove, expel, repel
- to drive, thrust or cast down
- to drive or push away or dislodge an enemy from his position
- to thrust out or remove from a situation, avert
- to deter, divert, dissuade from
- to remove from the breast, wean
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
drive away
dēpellō -ere — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēpellō | dēpellēbam | dēpellam | dēpulī | dēpuleram | dēpulerō |
| 2nd sg. | dēpellis | dēpellēbās | dēpellēs | dēpulistī | dēpulerās | dēpuleris |
| 3rd sg. | dēpellit | dēpellēbat | dēpellet | dēpulit | dēpulerat | dēpulerit |
| 1st pl. | dēpellimus | dēpellēbāmus | dēpellēmus | dēpulimus | dēpulerāmus | dēpulerimus |
| 2nd pl. | dēpellitis | dēpellēbātis | dēpellētis | dēpulistis | dēpulerātis | dēpuleritis |
| 3rd pl. | dēpellunt | dēpellēbant | dēpellent | dēpulērunt dēpulēre | dēpulerant | dēpulerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēpellam | dēpellerem | dēpulerim | dēpulissem |
| 2nd sg. | dēpellās | dēpellerēs | dēpulerīs | dēpulissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dēpellat | dēpelleret | dēpulerit | dēpulisset |
| 1st pl. | dēpellāmus | dēpellerēmus | dēpulerīmus | dēpulissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dēpellātis | dēpellerētis | dēpulerītis | dēpulissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dēpellant | dēpellerent | dēpulerint | dēpulissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēpellor | dēpellēbar | dēpellar |
| 2nd sg. | dēpelleris dēpellere | dēpellēbāris dēpellēbāre | dēpellēris dēpellēre |
| 3rd sg. | dēpellitur | dēpellēbātur | dēpellētur |
| 1st pl. | dēpellimur | dēpellēbāmur | dēpellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dēpelliminī | dēpellēbāminī | dēpellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dēpelluntur | dēpellēbantur | dēpellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēpellar | dēpellerer |
| 2nd sg. | dēpellāris dēpellāre | dēpellerēris dēpellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | dēpellātur | dēpellerētur |
| 1st pl. | dēpellāmur | dēpellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dēpellāminī | dēpellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dēpellantur | dēpellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dēpelle | dēpellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dēpellite | dēpelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dēpellitō | dēpellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dēpellitō | dēpellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dēpellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dēpelluntō | dēpelluntor |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dēpellere | dēpellī |
| perfect infinitive | dēpulisse | dēpulsum esse |
| future infinitive | dēpulsūrum esse | dēpulsum īrī |
| present participle | dēpellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dēpulsus dēpulsa, dēpulsā, dēpulsae, dēpulsam, dēpulsārum, dēpulsās, dēpulse, dēpulsī, dēpulsīs, dēpulsō, dēpulsōrum, dēpulsōs |
| future participle | dēpulsūrus dēpulsūra, dēpulsūrā, dēpulsūrae, dēpulsūram, dēpulsūrārum, dēpulsūrās, dēpulsūre, dēpulsūrī, dēpulsūrīs, dēpulsūrō, dēpulsūrōrum, dēpulsūrōs, dēpulsūrum | dēpellendus dēpellundus, dēpellenda, dēpellendā, dēpellendae, dēpellendam, dēpellendārum, dēpellendās, dēpellende, dēpellendīs, dēpellendōrum, dēpellendōs |
gerunddēpellendī, dēpellendō, dēpellendumsupinedēpulsum, dēpulsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- vim vi depellere
- to meet force by force.
- spe deici, depelli, deturbari
- to lose hope.
- dolorem abicere, deponere, depellere
- to banish grief.
- de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
- to be forced to change one's mind.
- famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
- to allay one's hunger, thirst.
- ab aliquo servitutem or servitutis iugum depellere
- to deliver some one from slavery.
- loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)
- to drive the enemy from his position.
- aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
- to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6).
1 more phrases
- suspicionem a se removere, depellere, propulsare (Verr. 3. 60. 140)
- to clear oneself of a suspicion.
dē-pello, pŭli, pulsum, 3,
I. v. a., to drive out, drive away, remove, expel; to drive, thrust, or cast down (class. and very freq.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
demoveri et depelli de loco, Cic. Caecin. 17, 49; cf.: anseres de Falerno, id. Phil. 5, 11: eum de provincia, Nep. Cat. 2: aquam de agro, Cato R. R. 155: ab aris et focis ferrum flammamque, Cic. Sest. 42; cf.: tantam molem a cervicibus nostris, id. Cat. 3, 7, 17: jugum a civibus, id. Rep. 2, 25: vincula a singulis vobis, Liv. 6, 18 med. al.: non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 38: qui recta via depulsus est, Quint. 2, 17, 29; cf.: recto cursu, Hor. S. 2, 5, 78: aliquem urbe, to banish, Tac. A. 3, 24; cf.: aliquem Italia, id. ib. 14, 50; 16, 33: nubila caelo, Tib. 1, 2, 49: ignem classibus, Verg. A. 5, 727; cf. ib. 9, 78, and 109: tela, Cic. Quint. 2, 8; cf.: nobis aerata tela, Tib. 1, 10, 25; and ictus alicui, Val. Fl. 6, 652: stellas Aurora, Ov. M. 7, 100; cf.: noctem Aurorae lumina, id. ib. 7, 835: cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; cf.: frigus duramque famem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 6: morbum, Cic. Fam. 7, 26 fin.; Caes. B. G. 6, 17; cf.: pestem augurio, Verg. A. 9, 328: mortem fratri, Ov. H. 14, 130 et saep.: quo (sc. Mantuam) solemus ovium teneros depellere fetus, to drive down, Verg. E. 1, 22: cognoscere, corpora se spatio depellere paulum, push or repel one another, Lucr. 2, 219 Munro ad loc. (Lachm. ex conj. decellere).—B. In partic.
1. Milit. t. t., to drive away, expel, dislodge an enemy from his position:
defensores vallo munitionibusque, Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so, hostem loco, id. ib. 7, 49; id. B. C. 3, 52: terrā, Nep. Alcib. 8, 3: totā Siciliā, id. Timol. 2: inde vi depelli, Sall. J. 58, 3; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 5, 17: praesidia ex his regionibus, Nep. Paus. 2: praesidium facile, Front. Strat. 1, 10, 3 et saep.—b. Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to thrust out, remove from a situation:
afflicti jam et depulsi loco, Cic. Rep. 1, 44; cf.: iterum ab eodem (sc. Themistocle) gradu depulsus est, driven from his position, Nep. Them. 5.—2. Econom. t. t., a matre, a mamma, or absol., to remove from the breast, to wean, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 16; Col. 7, 6, 8; Verg. E. 3, 82; 7, 15; id. G. 3, 187.—Of human beings, Suet. Tib. 44. —
II. Trop., to deter, divert, dissuade from:
aliquem de suscepta causa propositaque sententia, Cic. Lig. 9; id. Fam. 1, 7, 7; for which, aliquem sententiā, id. Tusc. 2, 6, 16; Liv. 23, 8: aliquem de spe conatuque, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, § 14; for which, aliquem spe, Liv. 31, 25, 11; 41, 23, 13: te ex illa crudeli actione meo consilio esse depulsum, Cic. Rab. perd. 5, 17: Caesar ab superioribus consiliis depulsus, Caes. B. C. 3, 73; cf.: a qua re depulsus, Nep. Dat. 7, 3; and: judicem a veritate, Quint. 5 prooem. § 1 et saep.:nec tuis depellor dictis quin rumori serviam, to be deterred, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 14; cf.: Vibidiam depellere nequivit, quin, etc., to prevent, hinder, Tac. A. 11, 34.—2. With things as objects, to remove, turn away, divert:
servitutem depellere civitati, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 8, 19 fin.; cf.: alicui turpitudinem, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77: morte voluntaria turpitudinem, id. Prov. Cons. 3, 6: duobus hujus urbis terroribus depulsis, id. Rep. 1, 47, 71: pericula amici, id. Cluent. 6, 17: multam praedibus ipsique T. Mario, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4: mortem fratri. Ov. H. 14, 130: omnes molestias, id. ib. 2, 16: auditiones falsas, Tac. A. 4, 11: curas vino, Tib. 1, 5, 37: ostenta a semet in capita procerum, Suet. Ner. 36 et saep.: quae nequeat ratio depellere dictis. to deny, Lucr. 3, 322.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dē-pellō pulī, pulsus, ere,
to drive out, drive away, remove, expel, put out, put off, turn aside: venientem in forum virum vi: de Falerno Anseres: eum de provinciā, N.: alqm urbe, to banish, Ta.: ab aris et focis ferrum flammamque: tantam molem a cervicibus nostris: frenum ore, H.: tela, avert: depulerant Aurorae lumina noctem, O.: quo solemus ovium depellere fetūs, to drive down, V.—In war, to drive out, expel, dislodge: defensores vallo, Cs.: inde vi depelli, S.: ex his regionibus praesidia, N. — To thrust out, remove, displace: principes depulsi loco: iterum ab eodem gradu depulsus est, N.—To wean: a lacte agnos, V.: depulsi haedi, V.: lacte depulsus leo, H.—Fig., to avert, put away, drive off, remove: cibo fames depulsa est: frigus, H.: morbos, Cs.: pestem augurio, V.: mortem fratri, O.: ab se mortem opinione mortis: ratibus taedas, V.: curas vino, Tb.: crimen: auditiones falsas, Ta.—To depose, remove: alqm tribunatu: alqm senatu, Ta.: alqm de provinciā, N.—To deter, divert, dissuade, drive, force: alqm de susceptā causā: de spe depulsus: magnā spe depulsus, L.: sibi turpitudinem: te ex illā ratione esse depulsum: Caesar a superioribus consiliis depulsus, Cs.: aliquam recto cursu, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindēpellō
Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin dēpellō From dē- + pellō (“push, drive”).
In English words that came into English from dēpellō
- depulsiondepulsio