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pello

pello

Italian

Contraction

pello

  1. per lo

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‎(“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω ‎(pállō), πελεμίζω ‎(pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω ‎(psállō), Latin palpō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.loː/, [ˈpɛl.loː]

Verb

pellō ‎(present infinitive pellere, perfect active pepulī, supine pulsum); third conjugation

  1. I push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out;
  2. I strike, set in motion.
  3. (military) I rout, put to flight, discomfit.
  4. (music) I strike the cords, play.
  5. (figuratively) I touch, move, affect, impress
  6. (figuratively) I conquer, overcome, beat, defeat.

Inflection

Note that pluperfect active indicative pepulerat has the alternative form pulserat and that the perfect active indicative pepulī has the alternative form polsī.

   Conjugation of pello (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pellō pellis pellit pellimus pellitis pellunt
imperfect pellēbam pellēbās pellēbat pellēbāmus pellēbātis pellēbant
future pellam pellēs pellet pellēmus pellētis pellent
perfect pepulī pepulistī pepulit pepulimus pepulistis pepulērunt, pepulēre
pluperfect pepuleram pepulerās pepulerat pepulerāmus pepulerātis pepulerant
future perfect pepulerō pepuleris pepulerit pepulerimus pepuleritis pepulerint
passive present pellor pelleris, pellere pellitur pellimur pelliminī pelluntur
imperfect pellēbar pellēbāris, pellēbāre pellēbātur pellēbāmur pellēbāminī pellēbantur
future pellar pellēris, pellēre pellētur pellēmur pellēminī pellentur
perfect pulsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pellam pellās pellat pellāmus pellātis pellant
imperfect pellerem pellerēs pelleret pellerēmus pellerētis pellerent
perfect pepulerim pepulerīs pepulerit pepulerīmus pepulerītis pepulerint
pluperfect pepulissem pepulissēs pepulisset pepulissēmus pepulissētis pepulissent
passive present pellar pellāris, pellāre pellātur pellāmur pellāminī pellantur
imperfect pellerer pellerēris, pellerēre pellerētur pellerēmur pellerēminī pellerentur
perfect pulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — pelle — — pellite —
future — pellitō pellitō — pellitōte pelluntō
passive present — pellere — — pelliminī —
future — pellitor pellitor — — pelluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pellere pepulisse pulsūrus esse pellī pulsus esse pulsum īrī
participles pellēns — pulsūrus — pulsus pellendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
pellere pellendī pellendō pellendum pulsum pulsū

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Derived terms

References

  • pello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pello”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
    • to strike the strings of the lyre: pellere nervos in fidibus
    • to make an impression on a person's mind: alicuius animum pellere
    • to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
    • to banish a person, send him into exile: ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem
    • to repulse the enemy: pellere hostem

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