compello

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpellō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɛl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈpɛl.lo]

Etymology 1

From con- (“together”) +‎ pellō (“drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Verb

compellō (present infinitive compellere, perfect active compulī, supine compulsum); third conjugation

1. to gather, collect, push together

   Synonyms: contrahō, conferō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, congerō, cōgō, reficiō

2. to compel, reduce to a certain condition or state by force

   Synonyms: impingō, perpellō, cōgō, impellō, subigō

3. to urge

   Synonyms: instigo, sollicito, excio, ădhortor, instinguo, perpello, inflammo, excito, concitō, concieō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of compellō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compellō		compellis		compellit		compellimus		compellitis		compellunt
	imperfect	compellēbam		compellēbās		compellēbat		compellēbāmus		compellēbātis		compellēbant
	future	compellam		compellēs		compellet		compellēmus		compellētis		compellent
	perfect	compulī		compulistī		compulit		compulimus		compulistis		compulērunt, compulēre
	pluperfect	compuleram		compulerās		compulerat		compulerāmus		compulerātis		compulerant
	future perfect	compulerō		compuleris		compulerit		compulerimus		compuleritis		compulerint
passive	present	compellor		compelleris, compellere		compellitur		compellimur		compelliminī		compelluntur
	imperfect	compellēbar		compellēbāris, compellēbāre		compellēbātur		compellēbāmur		compellēbāminī		compellēbantur
	future	compellar		compellēris, compellēre		compellētur		compellēmur		compellēminī		compellentur
	perfect	compulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	compulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	compulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compellam		compellās		compellat		compellāmus		compellātis		compellant
	imperfect	compellerem		compellerēs		compelleret		compellerēmus		compellerētis		compellerent
	perfect	compulerim		compulerīs		compulerit		compulerīmus		compulerītis		compulerint
	pluperfect	compulissem		compulissēs		compulisset		compulissēmus		compulissētis		compulissent
passive	present	compellar		compellāris, compellāre		compellātur		compellāmur		compellāminī		compellantur
	imperfect	compellerer		compellerēris, compellerēre		compellerētur		compellerēmur		compellerēminī		compellerentur
	perfect	compulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	compulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		compelle		—		—		compellite		—
	future	—		compellitō		compellitō		—		compellitōte		compelluntō
passive	present	—		compellere		—		—		compelliminī		—
	future	—		compellitor		compellitor		—		—		compelluntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		compellere			compellī			compellēns			—
future		compulsūrum esse			compulsum īrī			compulsūrus			compellendus, compellundus
perfect		compulisse			compulsum esse			—			compulsus
future perfect		—			compulsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		compulsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		compellendī		compellendō		compellendum		compellendō		compulsum		compulsū

Descendants

• Catalan: compel·lir
• → English: compel
• Middle French: compellir
• Galician: compeler
• Portuguese: compelir
• Spanish: compeler
• → Welsh: cymell

Etymology 2

From con- (“together”) +‎ pellō (“push, drive, hurl”) +‎ -ō, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Verb

compellō (present infinitive compellāre, perfect active compellāvī, supine compellātum); first conjugation

1. to address, accost

   Synonym: appellō

2. to challenge
3. to rebuke

   Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, perstringō, arguō, corripiō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, increpō, acclāmō, inclāmō, reprehendō, animadvertō

4. to insult, scold

   Synonyms: īnsultō, exsecror, maledicō, obloquor, invehō, intrahō, incessō

   Antonym: benedīcō

5. to accuse

   Synonyms: condemnō, criminor, obloquor, arripiō, corripiō, pulsō, accūsō, incūsō, obiectō, arcesso, arguō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of compellō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compellō		compellās		compellat		compellāmus		compellātis		compellant
	imperfect	compellābam		compellābās		compellābat		compellābāmus		compellābātis		compellābant
	future	compellābō		compellābis		compellābit		compellābimus		compellābitis		compellābunt
	perfect	compellāvī		compellāvistī		compellāvit		compellāvimus		compellāvistis		compellāvērunt, compellāvēre
	pluperfect	compellāveram		compellāverās		compellāverat		compellāverāmus		compellāverātis		compellāverant
	future perfect	compellāverō		compellāveris		compellāverit		compellāverimus		compellāveritis		compellāverint
passive	present	compellor		compellāris, compellāre		compellātur		compellāmur		compellāminī		compellantur
	imperfect	compellābar		compellābāris, compellābāre		compellābātur		compellābāmur		compellābāminī		compellābantur
	future	compellābor		compellāberis, compellābere		compellābitur		compellābimur		compellābiminī		compellābuntur
	perfect	compellātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	compellātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	compellātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	compellem		compellēs		compellet		compellēmus		compellētis		compellent
	imperfect	compellārem		compellārēs		compellāret		compellārēmus		compellārētis		compellārent
	perfect	compellāverim		compellāverīs		compellāverit		compellāverīmus		compellāverītis		compellāverint
	pluperfect	compellāvissem		compellāvissēs		compellāvisset		compellāvissēmus		compellāvissētis		compellāvissent
passive	present	compeller		compellēris, compellēre		compellētur		compellēmur		compellēminī		compellentur
	imperfect	compellārer		compellārēris, compellārēre		compellārētur		compellārēmur		compellārēminī		compellārentur
	perfect	compellātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	compellātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		compellā		—		—		compellāte		—
	future	—		compellātō		compellātō		—		compellātōte		compellantō
passive	present	—		compellāre		—		—		compellāminī		—
	future	—		compellātor		compellātor		—		—		compellantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		compellāre			compellārī			compellāns			—
future		compellātūrum esse			compellātum īrī			compellātūrus			compellandus
perfect		compellāvisse			compellātum esse			—			compellātus
future perfect		—			compellātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		compellātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		compellandī		compellandō		compellandum		compellandō		compellātum		compellātū

Related terms

• appellō
• interpellō

References

• “compello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compello in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• compello in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• “compello”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be driven into the arms of philosophy: in sinum philosophiae compelli
    
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “compel”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.