LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

ēvellō

ēvellō (present infinitive ēvellere, perfect active ēvellī, supine ēvulsum)
Classical[eːˈwɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[eˈvɛl.lo]

Meaning

  1. to tear, pull or pluck out
    Sī quandō in puerīs ante alter dēns nāscitur quam prior excidat, is quī cadere dēbuit ēvellendus est.If ever in children a second tooth appears before the earlier one has fallen out, the one which ought to have fallen out must be uprooted.
    Gallis magno ad pugnam erat impedimento quod pluribus eorum scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et conligatis, cum ferrum se inflexisset, neque evellere neque sinistra impedita satis commode pugnare poterant, multi ut diu iactato bracchio praeoptarent scutum manu emittere et nudo corpore pugnare.It was a great hindrance to the Gauls in fighting, that, when several of their bucklers had been by one stroke of the (Roman) javelins pierced through and pinned fast together, as the point of the iron had bent itself, they could neither pluck it out, nor, with their left hand entangled, fight with sufficient ease; so that many, after having long tossed their arm about, chose rather to cast away the buckler from their hand, and to fight with their person unprotected.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.25
  2. to erase or eradicate

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ēvellōēvellēbamēvellamēvellīēvelleramēvellerō
2nd sg.ēvellisēvellēbāsēvellēsēvellistīēvellerāsēvelleris
3rd sg.ēvellitēvellēbatēvelletēvellitēvelleratēvellerit
1st pl.ēvellimusēvellēbāmusēvellēmusēvellimusēvellerāmusēvellerimus
2nd pl.ēvellitisēvellēbātisēvellētisēvellistisēvellerātisēvelleritis
3rd pl.ēvelluntēvellēbantēvellentēvellērunt
ēvellēre		ēvellerantēvellerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ēvellamēvelleremēvellerimēvellissem
2nd sg.ēvellāsēvellerēsēvellerīsēvellissēs
3rd sg.ēvellatēvelleretēvelleritēvellisset
1st pl.ēvellāmusēvellerēmusēvellerīmusēvellissēmus
2nd pl.ēvellātisēvellerētisēvellerītisēvellissētis
3rd pl.ēvellantēvellerentēvellerintēvellissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.ēvellorēvellēbarēvellar
2nd sg.ēvelleris
ēvellere		ēvellēbāris
ēvellēbāre		ēvellēris
ēvellēre
3rd sg.ēvelliturēvellēbāturēvellētur
1st pl.ēvellimurēvellēbāmurēvellēmur
2nd pl.ēvelliminīēvellēbāminīēvellēminī
3rd pl.ēvellunturēvellēbanturēvellentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.ēvellarēvellerer
2nd sg.ēvellāris
ēvellāre		ēvellerēris
ēvellerēre
3rd sg.ēvellāturēvellerētur
1st pl.ēvellāmurēvellerēmur
2nd pl.ēvellāminīēvellerēminī
3rd pl.ēvellanturēvellerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.ēvelleēvellere
pres. 2nd pl.ēvelliteēvelliminī
fut. 2nd sg.ēvellitōēvellitor
fut. 3rd sg.ēvellitōēvellitor
fut. 2nd pl.ēvellitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.ēvelluntōēvelluntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveēvellereēvellī
perfect infinitiveēvellisseēvulsum esse
future infinitiveēvulsūrum esseēvulsum īrī
present participleēvellēns—
perfect participle—ēvulsus
ēvulsa, ēvulsā, ēvulsae, ēvulsam, ēvulsārum, ēvulsās, ēvulse, ēvulsī, ēvulsīs, ēvulsō, ēvulsōrum, ēvulsōs
future participleēvulsūrus
ēvulsūra, ēvulsūrā, ēvulsūrae, ēvulsūram, ēvulsūrārum, ēvulsūrās, ēvulsūre, ēvulsūrī, ēvulsūrīs, ēvulsūrō, ēvulsūrōrum, ēvulsūrōs, ēvulsūrum		ēvellendus
ēvellundus, ēvellenda, ēvellendā, ēvellendae, ēvellendam, ēvellendārum, ēvellendās, ēvellende, ēvellendīs, ēvellendōrum, ēvellendōs
gerundēvellendī, ēvellendō, ēvellendumsupineēvulsum, ēvulsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

superstitionem radicitus or penitus evellere
to destroy superstition root and branch.
scrupulum ex animo alicuius evellere (Rosc. Am. 2. 6)
to relieve a man of his scruple.

ē-vello, velli (Cic. Sest. 28; id. de Or. 1, 53 fin.), post-class., vulsi (Flor. 4, 12, 38; Sen. ad Marc. Consol. 16, 7 al.), vulsum, 3, v. a.,
I. to tear, pull, or pluck out (class.).
I. Lit.: linguam se evellisse M. Catoni, Cic. Sest. 28: ferrum, * Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3: arborem, Liv. 33, 5: dentes, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25 et saep.: spinas agro, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 5; cf.: ebulum, cicutam e segete, Plin. 17, 9, 6 § 55: clavos sepulcris, id. 34, 15, 44, § 151: statuam de monumento, Dig. 47, 12, 2.— Poet.: odorem e turis glebis (with divellere), Lucr. 3, 327: castra obsessa (sc. ex obsidione), i. e. to relieve, Sil. 7, 335.—
B. To drag away, tear away: ab altari eum, Vulg. Exod. 21, 14; cf.: lucos tuos de medio tui, id. Micah, 5, 13.—
II. Trop., to tear out, root out, eradicate, erase (a favorite word of Cicero): radicitus mala, Lucr. 3, 310: consules non modo ex memoria sed etiam ex fastis evellendi, Cic. Sest. 14 fin.: scrupulum ex animo, id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; cf.: aculeum severitatis, id. Clu. 55, 152: omnem eorum importunitatem ex intimis mentibus, id. de Or. 1, 53, 230; cf. id. Clu. 1 fin.: iras (e pectore), Sil. 14, 183.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Italic*eɣ
  3. Proto-Italic*eɣ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*welh₃-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wl̥néh₃ti
  6. Proto-Italic*welnō
  7. Proto-Italic*eɣwelnō
  8. Latinēvellō

Inherited from Proto-Italic *eɣwelnō. By surface analysis, ē- + vellō.

Descendants
  • Englishevulse
  • Italiansvellerefrom Vulgar Latin *exvellere
  • Italianevellere

In English words that came into English from ēvellō

  • evulsionēvulsiō

Quick answers

What does ēvellō mean in Latin?
ēvellō, a verb, means “to tear, pull or pluck out; to erase or eradicate”.
What are the principal parts of ēvellō?
ēvellō, ēvellere, ēvellī, ēvulsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce ēvellō?
In classical Latin, [eːˈwɛl.loː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈvɛl.lo].
Where does ēvellō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Italic *eɣ → Proto-Italic *eɣ- → Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti → Proto-Italic *welnō → Proto-Italic *eɣwelnō → Latin ēvellō.