verbthird conjugation
expellō
expellō (present infinitive expellere, perfect active expulī, supine expulsum)
Classical[ɛkˈspɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge
- figurativelyto force or drive out or away, expel, remove
spem metus expulerat
Fear had driven out hope8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.245
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | expellō | expellēbam | expellam | expulī | expuleram | expulerō |
| 2nd sg. | expellis | expellēbās | expellēs | expulistī | expulerās | expuleris |
| 3rd sg. | expellit | expellēbat | expellet | expulit | expulerat | expulerit |
| 1st pl. | expellimus | expellēbāmus | expellēmus | expulimus | expulerāmus | expulerimus |
| 2nd pl. | expellitis | expellēbātis | expellētis | expulistis | expulerātis | expuleritis |
| 3rd pl. | expellunt | expellēbant | expellent | expulērunt expulēre | expulerant | expulerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | expellam | expellerem | expulerim | expulissem |
| 2nd sg. | expellās | expellerēs | expulerīs | expulissēs |
| 3rd sg. | expellat | expelleret | expulerit | expulisset |
| 1st pl. | expellāmus | expellerēmus | expulerīmus | expulissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | expellātis | expellerētis | expulerītis | expulissētis |
| 3rd pl. | expellant | expellerent | expulerint | expulissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | expellor | expellēbar | expellar |
| 2nd sg. | expelleris expellere | expellēbāris expellēbāre | expellēris expellēre |
| 3rd sg. | expellitur | expellēbātur | expellētur |
| 1st pl. | expellimur | expellēbāmur | expellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | expelliminī | expellēbāminī | expellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | expelluntur | expellēbantur | expellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | expellar | expellerer |
| 2nd sg. | expellāris expellāre | expellerēris expellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | expellātur | expellerētur |
| 1st pl. | expellāmur | expellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | expellāminī | expellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | expellantur | expellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | expelle | expellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | expellite | expelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | expellitō | expellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | expellitō | expellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | expellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | expelluntō | expelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | expellere | expellī |
| perfect infinitive | expulisse | expulsum esse |
| future infinitive | expulsūrum esse | expulsum īrī |
| present participle | expellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | expulsus expulsa, expulsā, expulsae, expulsam, expulsārum, expulsās, expulse, expulsī, expulsīs, expulsō, expulsōrum, expulsōs |
| future participle | expulsūrus expulsūra, expulsūrā, expulsūrae, expulsūram, expulsūrārum, expulsūrās, expulsūre, expulsūrī, expulsūrīs, expulsūrō, expulsūrōrum, expulsūrōs, expulsūrum | expellendus expellundus, expellenda, expellendā, expellendae, expellendam, expellendārum, expellendās, expellende, expellendīs, expellendōrum, expellendōs |
gerundexpellendī, expellendō, expellendumsupineexpulsum, expulsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- in exsilium eicere or expellere aliquem
- to banish a person, send him into exile.
- ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem
- to banish a person, send him into exile.
- expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
- to turn a person out of his house, his property.
- aliquem regno spoliare or expellere (Div. 1. 22. 74)
- to depose a king.
ex-pello, pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a.,
I. to drive out or away, thrust out or away, to eject, expel (class.).
I. Lit.:
haec tanta virtus ex hac urbe expelletur, exterminabitur, proicietur? Cic. Mil. 37, 101: me ex re publica, id. Fam. 6, 6, 2: expulsus atque ejectus e praedio Quinctius, id. Quint. 7, 28; cf.: exturbari et expelli plebem ex agris, id. Agr. 2, 31, 84: a patria, id. Sest. 13, 30: naves ab litore in altum, Liv. 41, 3, 2: me domo mea expulistis, Pompeium domum suam compulistis, Cic. Pis. 7, 16: aliquos agris, Caes. B. G. 4, 4, 2: humiliores possessionibus, id. ib. 6, 22, 3: hostes finibus, id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; cf.: finibus expulsus patriis, Verg. A. 1, 620: me civitate, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 1: aliquem regno, Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 5; cf.: potestate expulsi, Nep. Milt. 3, 5 et saep.: nostri majores et Collatinum expulerunt, et reliquos Tarquinios, Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf.: expulso Tarquinio (shortly after, pulso Tarquinio), id. ib. 2, 30: me in pace patriā meā expulit, Liv. 35, 19, 4; so, aliquam patriā, Nep. Thras. 1, 5; id. Epam. 6, 3; cf. also: in exsilium expulsus, Cic. Lael. 12, 42: Hannibalem in exsilium (Carthago), Liv. 38, 50, 7: expulsa atque exturbata filia, rejected, repudiated (as a wife), Cic. Clu. 5, 14; so, uxorem, Just. 9, 5: edicit suis, postero die porta Esquilina expellerent pecus, drive out, Liv. 2, 11, 5: sagittam arcu, to let fly, shoot, Ov. M. 3, 381; cf.: expulsuri tela nervos retro tendimus, Quint. 10, 3, 6: se in auras (pondus), forced itself out. i. e. came forth, Ov. M. 9, 705: ad componendum Orientis statum expulsus, forced to hurry away, Suet. Calig. 1: naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24.II. Trop., to force out, drive out or away, expel, remove:
aliquem vita, Cic. Mur. 16, 34; cf. aevo, Lucr. 3, 358: me periculo, delivered myself, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 41: haec (superbiam, luxum, desidias, etc.) ex animo dictis, Lucr. 5, 50: laetitias ex omni pectore, Cat. 76, 22: corde desidiam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24: curas pectore, Luc. 3, 53: per vulnera mille Sontem animam, Ov. M. 6, 617: vitam, Tac. A. 16, 19: morbum bilemque helleboro meraco, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 137: somnos (haec dicta), Ov. H. 14, 72; cf. quietem, id. M. 8, 830: quae res omnem dubitationem adventus legionum expulit, removed, Caes. B. G. 5, 48 fin.: beneficiorum memoriam, id. B. C. 1, 34, 3; Quint. 6, 8, 16: spem metus expulerat, Ov. F. 6, 245: sententia expulsa, rejected, Plin. Ep. 8, 14 fin.: dedititios per constitutionem, to abolish as a class, i. e. to remove the legal disabilities of, Just, Inst. 1, 5, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ex-pellō pulī, pulsus, ere,
to drive out, drive away, thrust out, eject, expel: plebem ex agris: dominum de praedio: navīs ab litore in altum, L.: agris expulsi, Cs.: finibus expulsus patriis, V.: me civitate: potestate expulsi, N.: Conlatinum, banish: portā Esquilinā pecus, drive out, L.: sagittam arcu, shoot, O.: genis oculos, O.: se in auras (pondus), forced itself out, O.: ex matrimonio filiam: te, disown, T.: expulsa filia, rejected (as a wife): expellere tendunt, dislodge (in battle), V.: segetem ab radicibus, V.: Naturam furcā, H. —Fig., to force out, drive out, drive away, expel, banish, remove: alqm vitā: per volnera animam, O.: morbum helleboro, H.: somnum, V.: beneficiorum memoriam, Cs.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinexpellō
Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin expellō From ex- (“out of”) + pellō (“drive out”).
Descendants
- Catalanespellir
- Catalanexpel·lir
- Englishexpel
- Italianespellere
- Occitanespelir
- Portugueseexpelir
- Spanishexpeler
- Galicianespelir
- Galicianexpeler
- Old Frenchexpeller
In English words that came into English from expellō
- expelexpellere
- expulsionexpulsio