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

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		impellere			impellī			impellēns			—
future		impulsūrum esse			impulsum īrī			impulsūrus			impellendus, impellundus
perfect		impulisse			impulsum esse			—			impulsus
future perfect		—			impulsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		impulsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		impellendī		impellendō		impellendum		impellendō		impulsum		impulsū

   Conjugation of impellō (third conjugation)

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