pello

See also: Pello and pełło

Italian

Contraction

pello

(dated) contraction of per lo

Anagrams

polle

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō), πελεμίζω (pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω (psállō), Latin palpō. Unrelated to Greek πέλω (pélō), which means "to stir."

The past participle pulsus is analogous; the logical outcome of Proto-Italic *poltos would have been *pultus. See vellō for a similar analogy.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pellō (present infinitive pellere, perfect active pepulī, supine pulsum); third conjugation

to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
Synonyms: exigō, ablēgō, exsulō, expellō, exportō, āmoveō, auferō, eximō, fugō, ēiciō
to strike, set in motion
(military) to rout, put to flight, discomfit
Hostēs pulsī fugātīque sunt.
The enemy has been put to flight and chased.
(music) to strike the chords, play
(figuratively) to touch, move, affect, impress
to beat, strike
Synonyms: percello, percutio, ferio, mulcō, pulsō, discutio, accido, affligo, tango, impingo, ico, verbero
(figuratively) to conquer, overcome, defeat
Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, ēvincō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, exsuperō, obruō, opprimō, premō, fundō

Conjugation

Note that pluperfect active indicative pepulerat has the alternative form pulserat and that the perfect active indicative pepulī has the alternative form polsī.

Conjugation of pellō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	pellō	pellis		pellit	pellimus	pellitis		pellunt
	imperfect	pellēbam	pellēbās		pellēbat	pellēbāmus	pellēbātis		pellēbant
	future	pellam	pellēs		pellet	pellēmus	pellētis		pellent
	perfect	pepulī	pepulistī		pepulit	pepulimus	pepulistis		pepulērunt, pepulēre
	pluperfect	pepuleram	pepulerās		pepulerat	pepulerāmus	pepulerātis		pepulerant
	future perfect	pepulerō	pepuleris		pepulerit	pepulerimus	pepuleritis		pepulerint
passive	present	pellor	pelleris, pellere		pellitur	pellimur	pelliminī		pelluntur
	imperfect	pellēbar	pellēbāris, pellēbāre		pellēbātur	pellēbāmur	pellēbāminī		pellēbantur
	future	pellar	pellēris, pellēre		pellētur	pellēmur	pellēminī		pellentur
	perfect	pulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	pellam	pellās		pellat	pellāmus	pellātis		pellant
	imperfect	pellerem	pellerēs		pelleret	pellerēmus	pellerētis		pellerent
	perfect	pepulerim	pepulerīs		pepulerit	pepulerīmus	pepulerītis		pepulerint
	pluperfect	pepulissem	pepulissēs		pepulisset	pepulissēmus	pepulissētis		pepulissent
passive	present	pellar	pellāris, pellāre		pellātur	pellāmur	pellāminī		pellantur
	imperfect	pellerer	pellerēris, pellerēre		pellerētur	pellerēmur	pellerēminī		pellerentur
	perfect	pulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	pelle		—	—	pellite		—
active	future	—	pellitō		pellitō	—	pellitōte		pelluntō
passive	present	—	pellere		—	—	pelliminī		—
passive	future	—	pellitor		pellitor	—	—		pelluntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		pellere		pellī		pellēns		—
future		pulsūrum esse		pulsum īrī		pulsūrus		pellendus, pellundus
perfect		pepulisse		pulsum esse		—		pulsus
future perfect		—		pulsum fore		—		—
perfect potential		pulsūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		pellendī	pellendō		pellendum	pellendō	pulsum		pulsū

Derived terms

References

“pello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
- to strike the strings of the lyre: pellere nervos in fidibus
- to make an impression on a person's mind: alicuius animum pellere
- to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
- to banish a person, send him into exile: ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem
- to repulse the enemy: pellere hostem