LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

prōpellō

prōpellō (present infinitive prōpellere, perfect active prōpulī, supine prōpulsum)
Classical[proːˈpɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[proˈpɛl.lo]

Meaning

  1. to drive, push or urge forth or forward; hurl, propel
  2. to hurl or cast down, overthrow, expel
  3. to drive on, impel, incite, urge
  4. to drive away, keep or ward off
    […] atque inde, fundīs, sagittīs, tormentīs hostēs prōpellī ac submovērī iussit; quae rēs magnō ūsuī nostrīs fuit.[…] From that position, he ordered the enemy to be driven off and forced back using slings, arrows, and artillery; this maneuver proved to be of great service to our men.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 4.25

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.prōpellōprōpellēbamprōpellamprōpulīprōpuleramprōpulerō
2nd sg.prōpellisprōpellēbāsprōpellēsprōpulistīprōpulerāsprōpuleris
3rd sg.prōpellitprōpellēbatprōpelletprōpulitprōpuleratprōpulerit
1st pl.prōpellimusprōpellēbāmusprōpellēmusprōpulimusprōpulerāmusprōpulerimus
2nd pl.prōpellitisprōpellēbātisprōpellētisprōpulistisprōpulerātisprōpuleritis
3rd pl.prōpelluntprōpellēbantprōpellentprōpulērunt
prōpulēre		prōpulerantprōpulerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.prōpellamprōpelleremprōpulerimprōpulissem
2nd sg.prōpellāsprōpellerēsprōpulerīsprōpulissēs
3rd sg.prōpellatprōpelleretprōpuleritprōpulisset
1st pl.prōpellāmusprōpellerēmusprōpulerīmusprōpulissēmus
2nd pl.prōpellātisprōpellerētisprōpulerītisprōpulissētis
3rd pl.prōpellantprōpellerentprōpulerintprōpulissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.prōpellorprōpellēbarprōpellar
2nd sg.prōpelleris
prōpellere		prōpellēbāris
prōpellēbāre		prōpellēris
prōpellēre
3rd sg.prōpelliturprōpellēbāturprōpellētur
1st pl.prōpellimurprōpellēbāmurprōpellēmur
2nd pl.prōpelliminīprōpellēbāminīprōpellēminī
3rd pl.prōpellunturprōpellēbanturprōpellentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.prōpellarprōpellerer
2nd sg.prōpellāris
prōpellāre		prōpellerēris
prōpellerēre
3rd sg.prōpellāturprōpellerētur
1st pl.prōpellāmurprōpellerēmur
2nd pl.prōpellāminīprōpellerēminī
3rd pl.prōpellanturprōpellerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.prōpelleprōpellere
pres. 2nd pl.prōpelliteprōpelliminī
fut. 2nd sg.prōpellitōprōpellitor
fut. 3rd sg.prōpellitōprōpellitor
fut. 2nd pl.prōpellitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.prōpelluntōprōpelluntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveprōpellereprōpellī
perfect infinitiveprōpulisseprōpulsum esse
future infinitiveprōpulsūrum esseprōpulsum īrī
present participleprōpellēns—
perfect participle—prōpulsus
prōpulsa, prōpulsā, prōpulsae, prōpulsam, prōpulsārum, prōpulsās, prōpulse, prōpulsī, prōpulsīs, prōpulsō, prōpulsōrum, prōpulsōs
future participleprōpulsūrus
prōpulsūra, prōpulsūrā, prōpulsūrae, prōpulsūram, prōpulsūrārum, prōpulsūrās, prōpulsūre, prōpulsūrī, prōpulsūrīs, prōpulsūrō, prōpulsūrōrum, prōpulsūrōs, prōpulsūrum		prōpellendus
prōpellundus, prōpellenda, prōpellendā, prōpellendae, prōpellendam, prōpellendārum, prōpellendās, prōpellende, prōpellendīs, prōpellendōrum, prōpellendōs
gerundprōpellendī, prōpellendō, prōpellendumsupineprōpulsum, prōpulsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

navem remis agere or propellere
to row.

prō-pello (prŏpellat, Lucr. 4, 195; 6, 1026), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a.
I. Lit., to drive before one's self, to drive, push, or urge forward, to drive forth; to hurl, propel, hurl or cast down, to overthrow (class.; syn.: proturbo, protrudo): sacerdotem anum praecipem propulit, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 8: oves potum, Varr. R. R. 2, 2: in pabulum, id. ib. 2, 2: aëra prae se, Lucr. 4, 286: propellere ac submovere hostes, Caes. B. G. 4, 25: hostem a castris, Liv. 7, 24: nubes, Gell. 2, 22, 24: in profundum e scopulo corpora, Ov. M. 8, 593: hastam, Sil. 16, 571: urbem, to overthrow, Val. Fl. 6, 383: muros Oechaliae, to throw down, Sen. Herc. Oet. 162; cf.: orationem propellere dialecticorum remis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9: si paulo largius L. Caecilium pietas et fraternus amor propulisset, id. Sull. 23, 64.—
II. Trop.
A. To push or thrust forward (post-Aug.): cruda studia in forum, Petr. 4.—
B. To drive on, impel, incite, urge (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): corpus, Lucr. 3, 160: terrore carceris ad voluntariam mortem, Tac. A. 11, 2: agmina voce, Sil. 7, 530.—
C. To drive away, to keep or ward off: periculum vitae ab aliquo, Liv. 40, 11 fin.: famem, Hor. S. 1, 2, 6: injurias hominum ac ferarum, Col. 7, 12, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprōpellō

Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin prōpellō From prō- + pellō (“push, drive”).

Descendants
  • Englishpropel
  • Italianpropellere
  • Portuguesepropelir

In English words that came into English from prōpellō

  • propulsionpropulsio
  • propulsorprōpellō

Quick answers

What does prōpellō mean in Latin?
prōpellō, a verb, means “to drive, push or urge forth or forward; hurl, propel; to hurl or cast down, overthrow, expel”.
What are the principal parts of prōpellō?
prōpellō, prōpellere, prōpulī, prōpulsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce prōpellō?
In classical Latin, [proːˈpɛl.loː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈpɛl.lo].
Where does prōpellō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin prōpellō.