impello

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpellō

Etymology

From in- +‎ pellō (“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpel.loː/, [ɪmˈpɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈpel.lo/, [imˈpɛlːo]

Verb

impellō (present infinitive impellere, perfect active impulī, supine impulsum); third conjugation

1. to push, drive or strike against something; assail
2. to drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel

   Synonyms: compellō, cōgō, perpellō, impingō

3. (figuratively) to impel, incite, urge, instigate, stimulate, persuade

   Synonyms: urgeō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, subigō, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

4. (figuratively) to overthrow, subdue, rout, destroy, vanquish

   Synonyms: fundō, ruīnō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, aboleō, occīdō, perdō, dēstruō, exscindō, populor, accīdō, tollō, dīruō, sepeliō, perimō, interimō, afflīgō, trucīdō, dissipō, prōsternō, sternō, vertō, versō

Conjugation

Conjugation of impellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impellō	impellis	impellit	impellimus	impellitis	impellunt
	imperfect	impellēbam	impellēbās	impellēbat	impellēbāmus	impellēbātis	impellēbant
	future	impellam	impellēs	impellet	impellēmus	impellētis	impellent
	perfect	impulī	impulistī	impulit	impulimus	impulistis	impulērunt, impulēre
	pluperfect	impuleram	impulerās	impulerat	impulerāmus	impulerātis	impulerant
	future perfect	impulerō	impuleris	impulerit	impulerimus	impuleritis	impulerint
passive	present	impellor	impelleris, impellere	impellitur	impellimur	impelliminī	impelluntur
	imperfect	impellēbar	impellēbāris, impellēbāre	impellēbātur	impellēbāmur	impellēbāminī	impellēbantur
	future	impellar	impellēris, impellēre	impellētur	impellēmur	impellēminī	impellentur
	perfect	impulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impellam	impellās	impellat	impellāmus	impellātis	impellant
	imperfect	impellerem	impellerēs	impelleret	impellerēmus	impellerētis	impellerent
	perfect	impulerim	impulerīs	impulerit	impulerīmus	impulerītis	impulerint
	pluperfect	impulissem	impulissēs	impulisset	impulissēmus	impulissētis	impulissent
passive	present	impellar	impellāris, impellāre	impellātur	impellāmur	impellāminī	impellantur
	imperfect	impellerer	impellerēris, impellerēre	impellerētur	impellerēmur	impellerēminī	impellerentur
	perfect	impulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	impulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impelle	—	—	impellite	—
	future	—	impellitō	impellitō	—	impellitōte	impelluntō
passive	present	—	impellere	—	—	impelliminī	—
	future	—	impellitor	impellitor	—	—	impelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impellere	impulisse	impulsūrum esse	impellī	impulsum esse	impulsum īrī
participles		impellēns	—	impulsūrus	—	impulsus	impellendus, impellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impellendī	impellendō	impellendum	impellendō	impulsum	impulsū

Derived terms

• impulsiō
• impulsor
• impulsus

 

Related terms

• appellō
• aspellō
• compellō
• dēpellō
• dispellō
• expellō
• interpellō
• pellō
• perpellō
• prōpellō
• repellō

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: impel·lir (learned)
• → Middle English: impellen
  • English: impel
• Galician: impeler
• Italian: impellere
• Portuguese: impelir
• Spanish: empeller, impeler, empellar

References

• “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
    
  • to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
    
  • the enemy's line is repulsed: acies hostium impellitur