LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

expellō

expellō (present infinitive expellere, perfect active expulī, supine expulsum)
Classical[ɛkˈspɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspɛl.lo]
expulsus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge
  2. figurativelyto force or drive out or away, expel, remove
    spem metus expuleratFear had driven out hope8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.245

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.expellōexpellēbamexpellamexpulīexpuleramexpulerō
2nd sg.expellisexpellēbāsexpellēsexpulistīexpulerāsexpuleris
3rd sg.expellitexpellēbatexpelletexpulitexpuleratexpulerit
1st pl.expellimusexpellēbāmusexpellēmusexpulimusexpulerāmusexpulerimus
2nd pl.expellitisexpellēbātisexpellētisexpulistisexpulerātisexpuleritis
3rd pl.expelluntexpellēbantexpellentexpulērunt
expulēre
expulerantexpulerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.expellamexpelleremexpulerimexpulissem
2nd sg.expellāsexpellerēsexpulerīsexpulissēs
3rd sg.expellatexpelleretexpuleritexpulisset
1st pl.expellāmusexpellerēmusexpulerīmusexpulissēmus
2nd pl.expellātisexpellerētisexpulerītisexpulissētis
3rd pl.expellantexpellerentexpulerintexpulissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.expellorexpellēbarexpellar
2nd sg.expelleris
expellere
expellēbāris
expellēbāre
expellēris
expellēre
3rd sg.expelliturexpellēbāturexpellētur
1st pl.expellimurexpellēbāmurexpellēmur
2nd pl.expelliminīexpellēbāminīexpellēminī
3rd pl.expellunturexpellēbanturexpellentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.expellarexpellerer
2nd sg.expellāris
expellāre
expellerēris
expellerēre
3rd sg.expellāturexpellerētur
1st pl.expellāmurexpellerēmur
2nd pl.expellāminīexpellerēminī
3rd pl.expellanturexpellerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.expelleexpellere
pres. 2nd pl.expelliteexpelliminī
fut. 2nd sg.expellitōexpellitor
fut. 3rd sg.expellitōexpellitor
fut. 2nd pl.expellitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.expelluntōexpelluntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexpellereexpellī
perfect infinitiveexpulisseexpulsum esse
future infinitiveexpulsūrum esseexpulsum īrī
present participleexpellēns—
perfect participle—expulsus
expulsa, expulsā, expulsae, expulsam, expulsārum, expulsās, expulse, expulsī, expulsīs, expulsō, expulsōrum, expulsōs
future participleexpulsūrus
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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. 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

Quick answers

What does expellō mean in Latin?
expellō, a verb, means “to drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge”.
What are the principal parts of expellō?
expellō, expellere, expulī, expulsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce expellō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈspɛl.loː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈspɛl.lo].
Where does expellō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expellō.