verbthird conjugation
repellō
repellō (present infinitive repellere, perfect active reppulī, supine repulsum)
Classical[rɛˈpɛl.loː]Ecclesiastical[reˈpɛl.lo]
Meaning
- to drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel
- figurativelyto drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse
- figurativelyto reject, refuse, refute, confute, repel
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | repellō | repellēbam | repellam | reppulī | reppuleram | reppulerō |
| 2nd sg. | repellis | repellēbās | repellēs | reppulistī | reppulerās | reppuleris |
| 3rd sg. | repellit | repellēbat | repellet | reppulit repŭlit | reppulerat | reppulerit |
| 1st pl. | repellimus | repellēbāmus | repellēmus | reppulimus | reppulerāmus | reppulerimus |
| 2nd pl. | repellitis | repellēbātis | repellētis | reppulistis | reppulerātis | reppuleritis |
| 3rd pl. | repellunt | repellēbant | repellent | reppulērunt reppulēre, repulērunt | reppulerant | reppulerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | repellam | repellerem | reppulerim | reppulissem |
| 2nd sg. | repellās | repellerēs | reppulerīs | reppulissēs |
| 3rd sg. | repellat | repelleret | reppulerit | reppulisset |
| 1st pl. | repellāmus | repellerēmus | reppulerīmus | reppulissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | repellātis | repellerētis | reppulerītis | reppulissētis |
| 3rd pl. | repellant | repellerent | reppulerint | reppulissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | repellor | repellēbar | repellar |
| 2nd sg. | repelleris repellere | repellēbāris repellēbāre | repellēris repellēre |
| 3rd sg. | repellitur | repellēbātur | repellētur |
| 1st pl. | repellimur | repellēbāmur | repellēmur |
| 2nd pl. | repelliminī | repellēbāminī | repellēminī |
| 3rd pl. | repelluntur | repellēbantur | repellentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | repellar | repellerer |
| 2nd sg. | repellāris repellāre | repellerēris repellerēre |
| 3rd sg. | repellātur | repellerētur |
| 1st pl. | repellāmur | repellerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | repellāminī | repellerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | repellantur | repellerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | repelle | repellere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | repellite | repelliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | repellitō | repellitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | repellitō | repellitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | repellitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | repelluntō | repelluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | repellere | repellī |
| perfect infinitive | reppulisse | repulsum esse |
| future infinitive | repulsūrum esse | repulsum īrī |
| present participle | repellēns 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 participle | repulsūrus 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-pellō reppulī
(repulī), repulsus, ere, to drive back, thrust back, drive away, reject, repulse, repel: nostri acriter in eos impetu facto reppulerunt, Cs.: qui clavis ac fustibus repelluntur: foribus repulsus, H.: adversarius repellendus: homines a templi aditu: a castris, Cs.: in oppidum, Cs.: telum aere repulsum, repelled, V.: mensas, push back, O.: repagula, shove back, O.: mediā tellurem reppulit undā, crowds back, O.: spretos pede reppulit amnīs, spurned (as she flew up), V.: pedibus tellure repulsā, spurning the ground, O.—Fig., to drive away, reject, remove, keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse: te a consulatu: ab hoc conatu: ab hac spe repulsi Nervii, Cs.: repulsum ab amicitiā, S.: Fracti bello fatisque repulsi, V.: proci repulsi, O.: dolorem a se repellere: illius alterum consulatum a re p.: tegimenta ad ictūs repellendos, Cs.: cute ictūs, O.: pericula: facinus, O.: repellit Ver hiemem, O.: conubia nostra, reject, V.: amorem, O.: ut contumelia repellatur, be discarded.— To reject, confute, refute, repel: ab aliquo adlatas criminationes: Repulsus ille veritatis viribus, Ph.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- 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