percello

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through, thoroughly”) + Proto-Italic *kelnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Latin clādes, clāva, gladius.

Pronunciation

Verb

percellō (present infinitive percellere, perfect active perculī, supine perculsum); third conjugation

  1. to beat down
    Synonyms: mulcō, tango, percutio, pello, discutio, ico, accido, affligo, pulsō, impingo, verbero, ferio
  2. to overturn or upset
    Synonyms: agito, turbo, perago, ango
  3. to strike or smite
  4. to overthrow

Conjugation

   Conjugation of percellō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present percellō percellis percellit percellimus percellitis percellunt
imperfect percellēbam percellēbās percellēbat percellēbāmus percellēbātis percellēbant
future percellam percellēs percellet percellēmus percellētis percellent
perfect perculī perculistī perculit perculimus perculistis perculērunt,
perculēre
pluperfect perculeram perculerās perculerat perculerāmus perculerātis perculerant
future perfect perculerō perculeris perculerit perculerimus perculeritis perculerint
passive present percellor percelleris,
percellere 		percellitur percellimur percelliminī percelluntur
imperfect percellēbar percellēbāris,
percellēbāre 		percellēbātur percellēbāmur percellēbāminī percellēbantur
future percellar percellēris,
percellēre 		percellētur percellēmur percellēminī percellentur
perfect perculsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect perculsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect perculsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present percellam percellās percellat percellāmus percellātis percellant
imperfect percellerem percellerēs percelleret percellerēmus percellerētis percellerent
perfect perculerim perculerīs perculerit perculerīmus perculerītis perculerint
pluperfect perculissem perculissēs perculisset perculissēmus perculissētis perculissent
passive present percellar percellāris,
percellāre 		percellātur percellāmur percellāminī percellantur
imperfect percellerer percellerēris,
percellerēre 		percellerētur percellerēmur percellerēminī percellerentur
perfect perculsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect perculsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — percelle — — percellite —
future — percellitō percellitō — percellitōte percelluntō
passive present — percellere — — percelliminī —
future — percellitor percellitor — — percelluntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present percellere percellī percellēns —
future perculsūrum esse perculsum īrī perculsūrus percellendus,
percellundus
perfect perculisse perculsum esse — perculsus
future perfect — perculsum fore — —
perfect potential perculsūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
percellendī percellendō percellendum percellendō perculsum perculsū
  • recellō

References

  • “percello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “percello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • percello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • their spirits are broken: animus frangitur, affligitur, percellitur, debilitatur
    • to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere
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