English → Latin
“repulse” in Latin
repellōto drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel; to drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold baaccipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to headēpellōto drive out or away; remove, expel, repel; to drive, thrust or cast down; to drive or push away or dislodge an enemy frprōpellōto drive, push or urge forth or forward; hurl, propel; to hurl or cast down, overthrow, expel; to drive on, impel, incitprōpulsōto drive forward, propel; to drive back, ward off, repel or repulse, averthostisan enemy of the state, an enemy, a hostile, opponent, foe; the enemyfugōto chase away, put to flight; to drive into exile; to dismiss, to avert
The English word repulse itself goes back to Latin pellō, through repulsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
repulse s.
repulsa. To suffer a repulse, repulsam ferre, accipere: repulsum abire: to give a repulse, petenti alicui deesse: aliquis alicujus rei ab aliquo repulsam fert: alicujus precibus non satisfacere: you shall not suffer a repulse, haud repulsus abibis: quidquid me ores impetrabis (after Plaut., Capt., 3, 2, 14).
repulse v.
depellere (to drive away): repellere (to drive back; Vid: Ochs., Cic., Ecl., p. 70): propellere: propulsare (the latter the stronger word). To repulse an enemy, hostem or impetum hostium propulsare; hostes rejicere or fugare; hostes terga vertere cogere (Caes.): to repulse force by force, vim vi repellere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for repulse?
- The usual Latin words for “repulse” are repellō, accipiō, dēpellō; also prōpellō, prōpulsō, hostis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.