perpello
Latin
Etymology
From per- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈpel.loː/, [pɛrˈpɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈpel.lo/, [perˈpɛlːo]
Verb
perpellō (present infinitive perpellere, perfect active perpulī, supine perpulsum); third conjugation
- I strike or push violently.
- (figuratively) I drive, urge, force, enforce, constrain, compel, prevail upon; influence.
Conjugation
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References
- “perpello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perpello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perpello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.