perpello
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From per- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈpel.loː/, [pɛrˈpɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈpel.lo/, [perˈpɛlːo]
Verb edit
perpellō (present infinitive perpellere, perfect active perpulī, supine perpulsum); third conjugation
- to strike or push violently
- (figuratively) to drive, urge, force, enforce, constrain, compel
- to prevail upon; influence
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “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.