impello
Latin
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Etymology
From in- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /imˈpel.loː/, [ɪmˈpɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpel.lo/, [imˈpɛlːo]
Verb
impellō (present infinitive impellere, perfect active impulī, supine impulsum); third conjugation
- I push, drive or strike against something; assail.
- I drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel.
- (figuratively) I impel, incite, urge, instigate, stimulate, persuade.
- (figuratively) I overthrow, subdue, rout, destroy, vanquish.
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References
- “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
- to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
- the enemy's line is repulsed: acies hostium impellitur
- I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...