verbthird conjugation
dīvellō
dīvellō (present infinitive dīvellere, perfect active dīvellī, supine dīvulsum)
Classical[diːˈwɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[diˈvɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to rend; tear apart, asunder, away or in pieces; remove
“Ille simul manibus tendit dīvellere nōdōs [...].” “As [Laocoön] struggles with his hands to tear apart the [serpents’] knots ….”
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.220 - to estrange, alienate
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Frangere · Rumpere · Divellere
1. Frangere (ῥῆξαι? or σφαράξαι) denotes to break to pieces what is hard; rumpere (from ῥέπω, ῥόπαλον,) to rend to pieces what is flexible. Cato ap. Prisc. Si quis membrum rupit, aut os fregit: for by breaking a limb, not the invisible bones, but the visible flesh, is rent asunder. When, however, rumpere is applied to any thing hard, it involves the notion of exertion employed, and of danger; the frangens breaks to pieces what is entire; the rumpens rends to pieces what is obstructive. 2. Disrumpere and diffringere mean to rend to pieces, and break to pieces, what was originally entire; whereas divellere (διέλκειν) to tear asunder what was at first joined together. (v. 321.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvellō | dīvellēbam | dīvellam | dīvellī | dīvelleram | dīvellerō |
| 2nd sg. | dīvellis | dīvellēbās | dīvellēs | dīvellistī | dīvellerās | dīvelleris |
| 3rd sg. | dīvellit | dīvellēbat | dīvellet | dīvellit | dīvellerat | dīvellerit |
| 1st pl. | dīvellimus | dīvellēbāmus | dīvellēmus | dīvellimus | dīvellerāmus | dīvellerimus |
| 2nd pl. | dīvellitis | dīvellēbātis | dīvellētis | dīvellistis | dīvellerātis | dīvelleritis |
| 3rd pl. | dīvellunt | dīvellēbant | dīvellent | dīvellērunt dīvellēre | dīvellerant | dīvellerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvellam | dīvellerem | dīvellerim | dīvellissem |
| 2nd sg. | dīvellās | dīvellerēs | dīvellerīs | dīvellissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dīvellat | dīvelleret | dīvellerit | dīvellisset |
| 1st pl. | dīvellāmus | dīvellerēmus | dīvellerīmus | dīvellissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dīvellātis | dīvellerētis | dīvellerītis | dīvellissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dīvellant | dīvellerent | dīvellerint | dīvellissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvellor | dīvellēbar | dīvellar |
| 2nd sg. | dīvelleris dīvellere | dīvellēbāris dīvellēbāre | dīvellēris dīvellēre |
| 3rd sg. | dīvellitur | dīvellēbātur | dīvellētur |
| 1st pl. | dīvellimur | dīvellēbāmur | dīvellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dīvelliminī | dīvellēbāminī | dīvellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dīvelluntur | dīvellēbantur | dīvellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dīvellar | dīvellerer |
| 2nd sg. | dīvellāris dīvellāre | dīvellerēris dīvellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | dīvellātur | dīvellerētur |
| 1st pl. | dīvellāmur | dīvellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dīvellāminī | dīvellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dīvellantur | dīvellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dīvelle | dīvellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dīvellite | dīvelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dīvellitō | dīvellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dīvellitō | dīvellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dīvellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dīvelluntō | dīvelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dīvellere | dīvellī |
| perfect infinitive | dīvellisse | dīvulsum esse |
| future infinitive | dīvulsūrum esse | dīvulsum īrī |
| present participle | dīvellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | dīvulsus dīvulsa, dīvulsā, dīvulsae, dīvulsam, dīvulsārum, dīvulsās, dīvulse, dīvulsī, dīvulsīs, dīvulsō, dīvulsōrum, dīvulsōs |
| future participle | dīvulsūrus dīvulsūra, dīvulsūrā, dīvulsūrae, dīvulsūram, dīvulsūrārum, dīvulsūrās, dīvulsūre, dīvulsūrī, dīvulsūrīs, dīvulsūrō, dīvulsūrōrum, dīvulsūrōs, dīvulsūrum | dīvellendus dīvellundus, dīvellenda, dīvellendā, dīvellendae, dīvellendam, dīvellendārum, dīvellendās, dīvellende, dīvellendīs, dīvellendōrum, dīvellendōs |
gerunddīvellendī, dīvellendō, dīvellendumsupinedīvulsum, dīvulsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- to feel acute pain.
dī-vello, velli (Ov. M. 11, 38;
I. To rend asunder, to tear in pieces, to separate violently, to tear (class.; cf.: findo, scindo, dirimo, segrego, secerno).
A. Lit.:
res a natura copulatas audebit divellere, Cic. Off. 3, 18 fin.: corpus, et undis spargere, Verg. A. 4, 600; so, corpus, Ov. M. 4, 112: agnam, Hor. S. 1, 8, 27; cf.: suos artus lacero morsu, Ov. M. 8, 878: membra, id. Tr. 3, 9, 27; id. M. 13, 865 et saep.: magnos montes manibus, i. e. to cleave, Lucr. 1, 202; cf.: mediam partem quercus (with discidere), Gell. 15, 16, 3: nodos manibus, to untie, Verg. A. 2, 220: paenulam sentibus, Suet. Ner. 48: nubem, Lucr. 6, 203; cf.: moenia mundi, id. 6, 122.—B. Trop., to tear violently apart, remove, destroy, sunder:
commoda civium, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinare, id. de Or. 1, 41, 188; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 24: affinitas divelli nullo modo poterat, to be dissolved, destroyed, id. Quint. 6, 25; cf. amicitiam, Sen. Ep. 6; and: amorem querimoniis, Hor. C. 1, 13, 19: somnos (cura), id. Ep. 1, 10, 18: distineor et divellor dolore, am distracted, Cic. Planc. 33, 79.—II. (Like distraho, II.) To tear away, separate, remove from something (class.).
A. Lit.:
membra divellere ac distrahere, Cic. Sull. 20 fin.: aliquem ab aliquo, id. Cat. 2, 10, 22; id. Mil. 36: liberos a parentum complexu, Sall. C. 51, 9; for which: aliquem dulci amplexu, Verg. A. 8, 568; cf.: Damalin adultero, Hor. C. 1, 36, 19: nec me umquam Gyas (sc. a te), id. ib. 2, 17, 15.—B. Trop.:
sapientiam, temperantiam, a voluptate divellere ac distrahere, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50. —So of persons, to draw away from one in feeling, to estrange: qui a me mei servatorem capitis divellat ac distrahat, Cic. Planc. 42, 102.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dī-vellō vellī, volsus or vulsus, ere,
to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear: res a naturā copulatas errore: corpus, V.: mordicus agnam, H.: nodos manibus, untie, V.: divulsa remis Unda, O.—To tear away, wrench off, wrest, tear, separate, remove: ab eis membra: liberos a parentum complexu, S.: dulci amplexu divelli, V.: ramum trunco, O.—Fig., to tear apart, destroy, sunder, distract: commoda civium: rem divolsam conglutinare: amorem querimoniis, H.: divellor dolore.—To remove, part, sever, estrange: Me (a te), H.: ab eo divelli: sapientiam a voluptate.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindīvellō
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti Proto-Italic *welnō Latin vellō Latin dīvellō From dis- + vellō.
Descendants
- Englishdivel
- Italiandivellere