propello
Italian
Verb
propello
Latin
Etymology
From prō- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈpel.loː/, [proːˈpɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈpel.lo/, [proˈpɛlːo]
Verb
prōpellō (present infinitive prōpellere, perfect active prōpulī, supine prōpulsum); third conjugation
- I drive, push or urge forth or forward; hurl, propel.
- I hurl or cast down, overthrow, expel.
- I drive on, impel, incite, urge.
- I drive away, keep or ward off.
Conjugation
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Descendants
- English: propel
- Italian: propellere
- Portuguese: propelir
References
- “propello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to row: navem remis agere or propellere
- to row: navem remis agere or propellere