LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

repellō

repellō (present infinitive repellere, perfect active reppulī, supine repulsum)
Classical[rɛˈpɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[reˈpɛl.lo]
repellēns pres. act. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel
  2. figurativelyto drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse
  3. figurativelyto reject, refuse, refute, confute, repel

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.repellōrepellēbamrepellamreppulīreppuleramreppulerō
2nd sg.repellisrepellēbāsrepellēsreppulistīreppulerāsreppuleris
3rd sg.repellitrepellēbatrepelletreppulit
repŭlit
reppuleratreppulerit
1st pl.repellimusrepellēbāmusrepellēmusreppulimusreppulerāmusreppulerimus
2nd pl.repellitisrepellēbātisrepellētisreppulistisreppulerātisreppuleritis
3rd pl.repelluntrepellēbantrepellentreppulērunt
reppulēre, repulērunt
reppulerantreppulerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.repellamrepelleremreppulerimreppulissem
2nd sg.repellāsrepellerēsreppulerīsreppulissēs
3rd sg.repellatrepelleretreppuleritreppulisset
1st pl.repellāmusrepellerēmusreppulerīmusreppulissēmus
2nd pl.repellātisrepellerētisreppulerītisreppulissētis
3rd pl.repellantrepellerentreppulerintreppulissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.repellorrepellēbarrepellar
2nd sg.repelleris
repellere
repellēbāris
repellēbāre
repellēris
repellēre
3rd sg.repelliturrepellēbāturrepellētur
1st pl.repellimurrepellēbāmurrepellēmur
2nd pl.repelliminīrepellēbāminīrepellēminī
3rd pl.repellunturrepellēbanturrepellentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.repellarrepellerer
2nd sg.repellāris
repellāre
repellerēris
repellerēre
3rd sg.repellāturrepellerētur
1st pl.repellāmurrepellerēmur
2nd pl.repellāminīrepellerēminī
3rd pl.repellanturrepellerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.repellerepellere
pres. 2nd pl.repelliterepelliminī
fut. 2nd sg.repellitōrepellitor
fut. 3rd sg.repellitōrepellitor
fut. 2nd pl.repellitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.repelluntōrepelluntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverepellererepellī
perfect infinitivereppulisserepulsum esse
future infinitiverepulsūrum esserepulsum īrī
present participlerepellēns
repellente, repellentem, repellentēs, repellentī, repellentia, repellentibus, repellentis, repellentīs, repellentium
—
perfect participle—repulsus
repulsa, repulsā, repulsae, repulsam, repulsārum, repulsās, repulse, repulsī, repulsīs, repulsō, repulsōrum, repulsōs
future participlerepulsūrus
repulsūra, repulsūrā, repulsūrae, repulsūram, repulsūrārum, repulsūrās, repulsūre, repulsūrī, repulsūrīs, repulsūrō, repulsūrōrum, repulsūrōs, repulsūrum
repellendus
repellundus, repellenda, repellendā, repellendae, repellendam, repellendārum, repellendās, repellende, repellendīs, repellendōrum, repellendōs
gerundrepellendī, repellendō, repellendumsupinerepulsum, repulsū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

repellere, propulsare hostem
to repulse an attack.
iniurias defendere, repellere, propulsare
to repel an injury.
repulsam ferre consulatus (a populo) (Tusc. 5. 19. 54)
to fail in one's candidature for the consulship.

rĕ-pello, reppuli (less correctly repuli), rĕpulsum, 3, v. a.,
I. to drive, crowd, or thrust back; to reject, repulse, repel, etc., = reicere (freq. and class.; syn.: reicio, repono, removeo).
I. Lit.: eum ego meis Dictis malis his foribus atque hac reppuli, rejeci hominem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19: aliquem foribus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 90: foribus tam saepe repulsus, Ov. Am. 3, 11, 9: homines inermos armis, Cic. Caecin. 12, 33: adversarius, qui sit et feriendus et repellendus, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72: aliquem ab hoc templo, id. Phil. 14, 3, 8: homines a templi aditu, id. Dom. 21, 54: Sabinos a moenibus urbis, id. Rep. 2, 20, 36: hostes a ponte, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; ab castris, id. ib. 1, 75: a citeriore ripā, Front. Strat. 1, 4, 10: aliquem inde, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63: hostes in silvas, Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.: in oppidum, id. ib. 3, 22 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 14 fin.— Absol.: nostri acriter in eos impetu facto, repulerunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 17. —Of impersonal objects (mostly poet.): reppulit mihi manum, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 14; cf. Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 72: telum aere repulsum, repelled, Verg. A. 2, 545: mensas, to push back, Ov. M. 6, 661; cf. aras, id. ib. 9, 164: repagula, to shove back, id. ib. 2, 157: tellurem mediā undā, crowds back, id. ib. 15, 292: navem a terrā, Auct. B. Alex. 20: serpentes, Amm. 14, 2, 5. — Poet., of the apparent pushing back or away of the starting-point, in flying up or sailing away: Oceani spretos pede reppulit amnes, Verg. G. 4, 233; cf.: cum subito juvenis, pedibus tellure repulsā, Arduus in nubes abiit, spurning the ground, Ov. M. 4, 710: impressā tellurem reppulit hastā, id. ib. 2, 786; 6, 512: aera repulsa, i. e. cymbals struck together, Tib. 1, 3, 24; 1, 8, 22; cf.: aera Aere repulsa, Ov. M. 3, 533.—
II. Trop., to drive away, reject, remove; to keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse, etc.: repelli oratorem a gubernaculis civitatum, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46: aliquem a consulatu, id. Cat. 1, 10, 27: ab hoc conatu, id. Or. 11, 36: a cognitione legum, id. Balb. 14, 32: ab impediendo ac laedendo, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 14, 55: ab hac spe repulsi Nervii, Caes. B. G. 5, 42: repulsum ab amicitiā, Sall. J. 102, 13: fracti bello fatisque repulsi, Verg. A. 2, 13: repulsus ille veritatis viribus, Phaedr. 1, 1, 9: hinc quoque repulsus, Nep. Lys. 3: per colloquia repulsus a Lepido, Vell. 2, 63, 1. — Of suitors for office, Cic. Planc. 21, 51: haud repulsus abibis, Sall. J. 110, 8; Liv. 39, 32. — Of lovers: saepe roges aliquid, saepe repulsus eas, Prop. 2, 4, 2 (12): proci repulsi, Ov. M. 13, 735: aliquam ad meretricium quaestum, to drive, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 43.— Of abstract objects: dolorem a se repellere, Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30: furores Clodii a cervicibus vestris, id. Mil. 28, 77: illius alterum consulatum a re publicā, id. Att. 7, 18, 2: quod tamen a verā longe ratione repulsum'st, removed, Lucr. 1, 880; cf. id. 2, 645; 5, 406: tegimenta ad defendendos ictus ac repellendos, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; 6, 767: cute ictus, Ov. M. 3, 64: pericula, Cic. Mur. 14, 30; Caes. B. C. 1, 79, 2: vim (opp. inferre), Cic. Mil. 19, 51: crimen (with transferre), Quint. 4, 2, 26: temptamina, Ov. M. 7, 735: facinus, id. ib. 15, 777: fraudem, id. A. A. 3, 491: verba, id. P. 4, 1, 19: ver hiemem repellit, id. M. 10, 165: conubia nostra, to reject, disdain, Verg. A. 4, 214 amorem, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 76: preces, id. M. 14, 377: diadema, to refuse, reject, Vell. 2, 56, 4; Suet. Caes. 79; cf. dictaturam, Vell. 2, 89, 5: ut contumelia repellatur, be discarded, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 137.— Hence, rĕpulsus, a, um, P. a., removed, remote; once in Cato: ecquis incultior, religiosior, desertior, publicis negotiis repulsior, Cato ap. Fest. p. 286, and ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 287 Müll.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrepellō

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

Descendants
  • Catalanrepel·lir
  • Englishrepel
  • Englishrepulse
  • Englishrepeal
  • Englishrepush
  • Italianrepellere
  • Portugueserepelir
  • Spanishrepeler
  • Galicianrepeler

Quick answers

What does repellō mean in Latin?
repellō, a verb, means “to drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel; to drive away, reject, remove, discard”.
What are the principal parts of repellō?
repellō, repellere, reppulī, repulsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce repellō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈpɛl.loː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈpɛl.lo].
Where does repellō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin repellō.