verbthird conjugation
percellō
percellō (present infinitive percellere, perfect active perculī, supine perculsum)
Classical[pɛrˈkɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[perˈt͡ʃɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to beat down
- to overturn or upset
- to strike or smite
- to overthrow
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vehementer feriōpercellō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 6
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percellō | percellēbam | percellam | perculī | perculeram | perculerō |
| 2nd sg. | percellis | percellēbās | percellēs | perculistī | perculerās | perculeris |
| 3rd sg. | percellit | percellēbat | percellet | perculit | perculerat | perculerit |
| 1st pl. | percellimus | percellēbāmus | percellēmus | perculimus | perculerāmus | perculerimus |
| 2nd pl. | percellitis | percellēbātis | percellētis | perculistis | perculerātis | perculeritis |
| 3rd pl. | percellunt | percellēbant | percellent | perculērunt perculēre | perculerant | perculerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percellam | percellerem | perculerim | perculissem |
| 2nd sg. | percellās | percellerēs | perculerīs | perculissēs |
| 3rd sg. | percellat | percelleret | perculerit | perculisset |
| 1st pl. | percellāmus | percellerēmus | perculerīmus | perculissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | percellātis | percellerētis | perculerītis | perculissētis |
| 3rd pl. | percellant | percellerent | perculerint | perculissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percellor | percellēbar | percellar |
| 2nd sg. | percelleris percellere | percellēbāris percellēbāre | percellēris percellēre |
| 3rd sg. | percellitur | percellēbātur | percellētur |
| 1st pl. | percellimur | percellēbāmur | percellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | percelliminī | percellēbāminī | percellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | percelluntur | percellēbantur | percellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | percellar | percellerer |
| 2nd sg. | percellāris percellāre | percellerēris percellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | percellātur | percellerētur |
| 1st pl. | percellāmur | percellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | percellāminī | percellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | percellantur | percellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | percelle | percellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | percellite | percelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | percellitō | percellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | percellitō | percellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | percellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | percelluntō | percelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | percellere | percellī |
| perfect infinitive | perculisse | perculsum esse |
| future infinitive | perculsūrum esse | perculsum īrī |
| present participle | percellēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | perculsus perculsa, perculsā, perculsae, perculsam, perculsārum, perculsās, perculse, perculsī, perculsīs, perculsō, perculsōrum, perculsōs |
| future participle | perculsūrus perculsūra, perculsūrā, perculsūrae, perculsūram, perculsūrārum, perculsūrās, perculsūre, perculsūrī, perculsūrīs, perculsūrō, perculsūrōrum, perculsūrōs, perculsūrum | percellendus percellundus, percellenda, percellendā, percellendae, percellendam, percellendārum, percellendās, percellende, percellendīs, percellendōrum, percellendōs |
gerundpercellendī, percellendō, percellendumsupineperculsum, perculsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- imperium oppugnare, percellere
- to attack, overthrow a tyranny.
- metu fractum et debilitatum, perculsum esse
- to be completely prostrated by fear.
- animus frangitur, affligitur, percellitur, debilitatur
- their spirits are broken.
per-cello, cŭli, culsum, 3 (perculsi for perculi, Amm. 17, 8, 4; 25, 8, 13), v. a. cf.: procella, celer,
I. to beat down, throw down; to overturn, upset (class.; syn.: percutio, deicio).
I. Lit.: ventus Cercius plaustrum oneratum percellit, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 22, 29; cf.: vento perculsam ratem, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 273 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 154 fin. Rib.): magnas quercus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 194 Vahl.): abietem, Varr. ap. Non. 152, 11: alii adnutat ... alii percellit pedem, Naev. ap. Isid. Orig. 1, 25 (Com. Rel. p. 17 Rib.):
perii! perculit me prope, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 28; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 87: radicibus arborum, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 334: Mars communis saepe spoliantem jam et exsultantem evertit et perculit ab abjecto, Cic. Mil. 21, 56: eos Martis vis perculit, id. Marc. 6, 17.—Prov.: Perii, plaustrum perculi! I've upset my cart, i. e. I've done for myself, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 22.—B. Transf., to strike, smite, hit:
fetiali Postumius genu femur perculit, Liv. 9, 10 fin.; cf. id. 9, 11, 11: aliquem cuspide, Ov. Am. 2, 9, 7; 1, 7, 32.— Poet.: vox repens perculit urbem, struck, reached, Val. Fl. 2, 91.—II. Trop.
A. To cast down, overthrow, ruin, destroy:
adulescentiam perculisse atque afflixisse, Cic. Cael. 32, 80; id. Cat. 2, 1, 2; id. Leg. 3, 8, 24: rem publicam, Tac. A. 2, 39: aliquem, Suet. Tib. 55.—B. To strike with consternation, to deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten:
haec te vox non perculit? non perturbavit? Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 132: timore perculsi membra, Lucr. 5, 1223: civitates atrocibus edictis, Tac. H. 1, 53; Flor. 1, 10, 2: animos (timor), Val. Fl. 4, 651.— C. To urge on, excite, impel:
volucres perculsae corda tuā vi, Lucr. 1, 13: aliquem ad turpitudinem, App. Mag. p. 281.—Perf.: perculit, in a neutr. signif., for perculsus est, Flor. 3, 10, 8.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
percellō culī, culsus, ere
1 CEL-, to beat down, throw down, overturn, upset : perculeris iam tu me, T.: eos Martis vis perculit.— To strike, smite, hit : femur, L.: deam, O.—Fig., to cast down, overthrow, ruin, destroy : adulescentiam.— To strike with consternation, deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten : metu perculsi, S.: haec te vox non perculit?: Mentes perculsae stupent, H.: quos pavor perculerat in silvas, drove in dismay , L.
Origins
From per- (“through, thoroughly”) + Proto-Italic *kelnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Related to clādes, clāva, gladius, procella.