verbthird conjugation
pellō
pellō (present infinitive pellere, perfect active pepulī, supine pulsum)
Classical[ˈpɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛl.lo]
№ 563 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
- to strike, set in motion
- to rout, put to flight, discomfit
Hostēs pulsī fugātīque sunt.
The enemy has been put to flight and chased. - to strike the chords, play
- figurativelyto touch, move, affect, impress
- to beat, strike
- figurativelyto conquer, overcome, defeat
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vī moveō, fugō; hostēs pulsī sunt.pellō -ere — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma
to drive
pellō -ere — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 17, 18
drive, rout
pellō -ere, pepulī, pulsus — in De Bello Gallico III
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Tergus · Cutis · Pellis · Vellus
Tergus and cutis denote the outermost covering of the flesh, as merely bare skin; tergus (from στορχάζειν, to enclose), the coarse skin of an animal, which covers the soft and eatable flesh, like δέρμα; cutis (κύτος), the finer skin of human beings, which protects the sensitive flesh like χρώς; whereas pellis and vellus denote the flesh together with a covering; pellis (from palla) more bristly, consisting of pili, like δορά; vellus (from εἶλαρ? or villus?), more woolly, consisting of villi, like μαλλός. Men have cutis; elephants, snakes, etc. tergora; lions, goats, dogs, etc., pelles; sheep, vellera. Juven. x. 192. Deformem pro cute pellem. (v. 17.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pellō | pellēbam | pellam | pepulī polsī | pepuleram | pepulerō |
| 2nd sg. | pellis | pellēbās | pellēs | pepulistī | pepulerās | pepuleris |
| 3rd sg. | pellit | pellēbat | pellet | pepulit | pepulerat pulserat | pepulerit |
| 1st pl. | pellimus | pellēbāmus | pellēmus | pepulimus | pepulerāmus | pepulerimus |
| 2nd pl. | pellitis | pellēbātis | pellētis | pepulistis | pepulerātis | pepuleritis |
| 3rd pl. | pellunt | pellēbant | pellent | pepulērunt pepulēre | pepulerant | pepulerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pellam | pellerem | pepulerim | pepulissem |
| 2nd sg. | pellās | pellerēs | pepulerīs | pepulissēs |
| 3rd sg. | pellat | pelleret | pepulerit | pepulisset |
| 1st pl. | pellāmus | pellerēmus | pepulerīmus | pepulissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | pellātis | pellerētis | pepulerītis | pepulissētis |
| 3rd pl. | pellant | pellerent | pepulerint | pepulissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pellor | pellēbar | pellar |
| 2nd sg. | pelleris pellere | pellēbāris pellēbāre | pellēris pellēre |
| 3rd sg. | pellitur | pellēbātur | pellētur |
| 1st pl. | pellimur | pellēbāmur | pellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | pelliminī | pellēbāminī | pellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | pelluntur | pellēbantur | pellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | pellar | pellerer |
| 2nd sg. | pellāris pellāre | pellerēris pellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | pellātur | pellerētur |
| 1st pl. | pellāmur | pellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | pellāminī | pellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | pellantur | pellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | pelle | pellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | pellite | pelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | pellitō | pellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | pellitō | pellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | pellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | pelluntō | pelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | pellere | pellī |
| perfect infinitive | pepulisse | pulsum esse |
| future infinitive | pulsūrum esse | pulsum īrī |
| present participle | pellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | pulsus pulsa, pulsā, pulsae, pulsam, pulsārum, pulsās, pulse, pulsī, pulsīs, pulsō, pulsōrum, pulsōs |
| future participle | pulsūrus pulsūra, pulsūrā, pulsūrae, pulsūram, pulsūrārum, pulsūrās, pulsūre, pulsūrī, pulsūrīs, pulsūrō, pulsūrōrum, pulsūrōs, pulsūrum | pellendus pellundus, pellenda, pellendā, pellendae, pellendam, pellendārum, pellendās, pellende, pellendīs, pellendōrum, pellendōs |
gerundpellendī, pellendō, pellendumsupinepulsum, pulsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- pellere hostem
- to repulse the enemy.
- alicuius animum pellere
- to make an impression on a person's mind.
- pellere nervos in fidibus
- to strike the strings of the lyre.
- pulsu externo, adventicio agitari
- to be affected by some external impulse, by external impressions.
- 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.
pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 (
I. pluperf. pulserat, Amm. 30, 5, 19), v. a. kindred with Gr. πάλλω, πέλω, to beat, strike, knock any thing or at any thing; to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (mostly poet.;
syn.: trudo, percutio): pueri pulsi, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48: pectora pellite tonsis, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. tonsa, p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 235 Vahl.): terram pede, Lucr. 5, 1402: ter pede terram (in the tripudium), Hor. C. 3, 18, 15: humum pedibus, Cat. 61, 14: fores, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 4; 5, 3, 2: impetu venientium pulsae fores, Tac. A. 11, 37: spumat sale rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 378 Vahl.); cf.: unda pulsa remis, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. 162, 30; so, vada remis, Cat. 64, 58: (arbor) ventis pulsa, Lucr. 5, 1096.—B. In partic.
1. To drive out or away, to thrust or turn out, expel, banish; esp. milit., to drive back, discomfit, rout the enemy (freq. and class.; syn.: fugo, elimino, deicio); constr. with abl., with ex, rarely with de; also with ab and abl. of the place from which one is repelled or driven back, but has not entered:
cum viri boni lapidibus e foro pellerentur, Cic. Pis. 10, 23; so, omnes ex Galliae finibus, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 11; and: praesidium ex arce, Nep. Pelop. 3 fin.: a foribus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 113: istum ab Hispaniā, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2: patriis ab agris Pellor, Ov. M. 14, 477; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 9: aliquem a sacris, Ov. Ib. 624: possessores suis sedibus, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 78: aliquem sedibus, Sall. J. 41, 8: aliquem possessionibus, Cic. Mil. 27, 74: aliquem civitate, id. Par. 4, 1, 27: loco, Liv. 10, 6: patria, Nep. Arist. 1: aliquem regno, Hor. S. 1, 6, 13; Just. 35, 1, 3.—Of inanim. objects: aquam de agro, Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 230: tecta, quibus frigorum vis pelleretur, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 13: placidam nives pectore aquam, Tib. 1, 4, 12; 3, 5, 30: calculos e corpore, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 64.—Without indicating the place whence: qui armis perterritus, fugatus, pulsus est, Cic. Caecin. 11, 31: hostes pelluntur, Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 3; cf.: milites pulsi fugatique, Sall. J. 74, 3: exsules tyrannorum injuriā pulsi, driven out, banished, Liv. 34, 26, 12: Athenienses Diagoram philosophum pepulerunt, Val. Max. 1, 1, 7 ext.— With abl. of manner: pudendis Volneribus pulsus, Verg. A. 11, 56; cf.: si fugisset vulneratus a tergo, etc., Serv. ad loc.—Specifying the place whither: miles pellitur foras, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 11: in exsilium pulsus, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—2. In milit. lang., to rout, put to flight, discomfit:
exercitum ejus ab Helvetiis pulsum et sub jugum missum, Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 4: compluribus his proeliis pulsis, id. ib. 1, 10, 5: Romanos pulsos superatosque, id. ib. 2, 24 fin., etc.; 1, 52; Liv. 2, 50; Just. 1, 6, 13; 2, 12, 26.—3. To strike, set in motion, impel:
inpello, sagitta pulsa manu, Verg. A. 12, 320.—4. Of a musical instrument, to strike the chords, play:
nervi pulsi, struck, Cic. Brut. 54, 199: lyra pulsa manu, Ov. M. 10, 205; cf.: classica pulsa, i. e. blown, Tib. 1, 1, 4.—II. Trop.
A. In gen., to strike, touch, move, affect, impress, etc. (class.):
totum corpus hominis et ejus omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; cf. of sound: Ille canit, pulsae referunt ad sidera valles, Verg. E. 6, 84: sonat amnis, et Asia longe Pulsa palus, id. A. 7, 702: quemadmodum visa nos pellerent, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.: visa enim ista cum acriter mentem sensumve pepulerunt, id. ib. 2, 20, 66; id. Fin. 2, 10, 32: quod (dictum) cum animos hominum aurisque pepulisset, id. Or. 53, 177: species utilitatis pepulit eum, id. Off. 3, 10, 41: fit saepe, ut pellantur animi vehementius, id. Div. 1, 36, 80: nec habet ullum ictum, quo pellat animum, id. Fin. 2, 10, 32: nulla me ipsum privatim pepulit insignis injuria, id. Fam. 4, 13, 2: ipsum in Hispaniā juvenem nullius forma pepulerat captivae, Liv. 30, 14, 3: non mediocri curā Scipionis animum pepulit, id. 30, 14, 1: pulsusque residerat ardor, Ov. M. 7, 76: longi sermonis initium pepulisti, you have struck the chord of a long discussion, Cic. Brut. 87, 297.—B. In partic.
1. To drive out or away, to banish, expel:
maestitiam ex animis, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43: procul a me dolorem, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 27: pulsus Corde dolor, Verg. A. 6, 382: glandt famem, Ov. M. 14, 216; so, sitim, Hor. C. 2, 2, 14: frigoris vim tectis, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13: somnum, Sil. 7, 300; Col. poët. 10, 69: Phoebeā morbos arte, Ov. F. 3, 827: vino curas, Hor. C. 1, 7, 31: moram, Ov. M. 2, 838: dolore pulsa est amentia, id. ib. 5, 511: turpia crimina a vobis, id. A. A. 3, 379: umbras noctis, Cat. 63, 41: sidera, Ov. M. 2, 530: nubila, id. ib. 6, 690: tenebras, id. ib. 7, 703; 15, 651.—2. To beat, conquer, overcome (very rare): si animus hominem pepulit, actum'st: animo servit, non sibi;
Sin ipse animum pepulit, vivit, victor victorum cluet, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 27 sq.: alicui pudicitiam, id. Ep. 4, 1, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pellō pepulī, pulsus, ere
1 PAL-, to beat, strike, knock, push, drive, hurl, impel, propel : fores, T.: pueri pulsi: ter pede terram (in the tripudium), H.: undique magno Pulsa domus strepitu, H.— To drive out, drive away, thrust out, expel, banish, repel, drive back, discomfit, rout : qui armis pulsus est: hostes pelluntur, Cs.: exsules tyrannorum iniuriā pulsi, banished , L.: in exsilium pulsus: lapidibus e foro pelli: omnes ex Galliae finibus, Cs.: istum ab Hispaniā: illum ab eā, T.: possessores suis sedibus: patriā, N.: regno pulsus, H.: pudendis Volneribus pulsus, i. e. shamefully wounded in flight , V.— To rout, put to flight, discomfit : exercitus eius ab Helvetiis pulsus, Cs. — To strike, set in motion, impel : sagitta pulsa manu, V.: nervi pulsi, struck : lyra pulsa manu, played , O.: classica, Tb.—Fig., to strike, touch , move, affect, impress : Ille canit, pulsae referunt ad sidera valles, V.: acriter mentem sensumve: species utilitatis pepulit eum: iuvenem nullius forma pepulerat captivae, L.: pulsusque recesserat ardor, O.: Haec ubi dicta Agrestem (murem) pepulere, H.— To drive out, drive away, banish, expel : maestitiam ex animis: quo tibi nostri Pulsus amor? what has become of your love for me? V.: glande famem, O.: tecta, quibus frigorum vis pelleretur: tenebras, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō), πελεμίζω (pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω (psállō), Latin palpō. Unrelated to Greek πέλω (pélō), which means "to stir." The past participle pulsus is analogous; the logical outcome of Proto-Italic *poltos would have been *pultus; compare pultō and Venetan poltos. See vellō for a similar analogy.