compello
Latin
Alternative forms
- conpellō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpel.loː/, [kɔmˈpɛlːʲoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈpel.lo/, [komˈpɛlːo]
Etymology 1
From con- (“together”) + pellō (“drive”).
Verb
compellō (present infinitive compellere, perfect active compulī, supine compulsum); third conjugation
- I gather, collect, push together
- Synonyms: contrahō, conferō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, congerō, cōgō, reficiō
- I compel, reduce to a certain condition or state by force
- Synonyms: impingō, perpellō, cōgō, impellō, subigō
- I urge
- Synonyms: instigo, sollicito, excio, ădhortor, instinguo, perpello, inflammo, excito, concitō, concieō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of compellō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | compellō | compellis | compellit | compellimus | compellitis | compellunt |
| imperfect | compellēbam | compellēbās | compellēbat | compellēbāmus | compellēbātis | compellēbant | |
| future | compellam | compellēs | compellet | compellēmus | compellētis | compellent | |
| perfect | compulī | compulistī | compulit | compulimus | compulistis | compulērunt, compulēre | |
| pluperfect | compuleram | compulerās | compulerat | compulerāmus | compulerātis | compulerant | |
| future perfect | compulerō | compuleris | compulerit | compulerimus | compuleritis | compulerint | |
| passive | present | compellor | compelleris, compellere | compellitur | compellimur | compelliminī | compelluntur |
| imperfect | compellēbar | compellēbāris, compellēbāre | compellēbātur | compellēbāmur | compellēbāminī | compellēbantur | |
| future | compellar | compellēris, compellēre | compellētur | compellēmur | compellēminī | compellentur | |
| perfect | compulsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | compulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | compulsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | compellam | compellās | compellat | compellāmus | compellātis | compellant |
| imperfect | compellerem | compellerēs | compelleret | compellerēmus | compellerētis | compellerent | |
| perfect | compulerim | compulerīs | compulerit | compulerīmus | compulerītis | compulerint | |
| pluperfect | compulissem | compulissēs | compulisset | compulissēmus | compulissētis | compulissent | |
| passive | present | compellar | compellāris, compellāre | compellātur | compellāmur | compellāminī | compellantur |
| imperfect | compellerer | compellerēris, compellerēre | compellerētur | compellerēmur | compellerēminī | compellerentur | |
| perfect | compulsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | compulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | compelle | — | — | compellite | — |
| future | — | compellitō | compellitō | — | compellitōte | compelluntō | |
| passive | present | — | compellere | — | — | compelliminī | — |
| future | — | compellitor | compellitor | — | — | compelluntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | compellere | compulisse | compulsūrum esse | compellī | compulsum esse | compulsum īrī | |
| participles | compellēns | — | compulsūrus | — | compulsus | compellendus, compellundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| compellendī | compellendō | compellendum | compellendō | compulsum | compulsū | ||
Descendants
- Catalan: compel·lir
- → English: compel
- Middle French: compellir
- Portuguese: compelir
- Spanish: compeler
- → Welsh: cymell
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).
Verb
compellō (present infinitive compellāre, perfect active compellāvī, supine compellātum); first conjugation
- I address, accost
- Synonym: appellō
- I challenge
- I rebuke
- Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, perstringō, arguō, corripiō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, increpō, acclāmō, inclāmō, reprehendō, animadvertō
- I insult, scold
- Synonyms: īnsultō, exsecror, maledicō, obloquor, invehō, intrahō, incessō
- Antonym: benedīcō
- I accuse
- Synonyms: condemnō, criminor, obloquor, arripiō, corripiō, pulsō, accūsō, incūsō, obiectō, arcesso, arguō
- I compel, incite, impel, drive, force
Conjugation
| Conjugation of compellō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | compellō | compellās | compellat | compellāmus | compellātis | compellant |
| imperfect | compellābam | compellābās | compellābat | compellābāmus | compellābātis | compellābant | |
| future | compellābō | compellābis | compellābit | compellābimus | compellābitis | compellābunt | |
| perfect | compellāvī | compellāvistī | compellāvit | compellāvimus | compellāvistis | compellāvērunt, compellāvēre | |
| pluperfect | compellāveram | compellāverās | compellāverat | compellāverāmus | compellāverātis | compellāverant | |
| future perfect | compellāverō | compellāveris | compellāverit | compellāverimus | compellāveritis | compellāverint | |
| passive | present | compellor | compellāris, compellāre | compellātur | compellāmur | compellāminī | compellantur |
| imperfect | compellābar | compellābāris, compellābāre | compellābātur | compellābāmur | compellābāminī | compellābantur | |
| future | compellābor | compellāberis, compellābere | compellābitur | compellābimur | compellābiminī | compellābuntur | |
| perfect | compellātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | compellātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | compellātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | compellem | compellēs | compellet | compellēmus | compellētis | compellent |
| imperfect | compellārem | compellārēs | compellāret | compellārēmus | compellārētis | compellārent | |
| perfect | compellāverim | compellāverīs | compellāverit | compellāverīmus | compellāverītis | compellāverint | |
| pluperfect | compellāvissem | compellāvissēs | compellāvisset | compellāvissēmus | compellāvissētis | compellāvissent | |
| passive | present | compeller | compellēris, compellēre | compellētur | compellēmur | compellēminī | compellentur |
| imperfect | compellārer | compellārēris, compellārēre | compellārētur | compellārēmur | compellārēminī | compellārentur | |
| perfect | compellātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | compellātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | compellā | — | — | compellāte | — |
| future | — | compellātō | compellātō | — | compellātōte | compellantō | |
| passive | present | — | compellāre | — | — | compellāminī | — |
| future | — | compellātor | compellātor | — | — | compellantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | compellāre | compellāvisse | compellātūrum esse | compellārī | compellātum esse | compellātum īrī | |
| participles | compellāns | — | compellātūrus | — | compellātus | compellandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| compellandī | compellandō | compellandum | compellandō | compellātum | compellātū | ||
Related terms
- appellō
- interpellō
References
- “compello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compello in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- compello in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- compello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be driven into the arms of philosophy: in sinum philosophiae compelli
- to be driven into the arms of philosophy: in sinum philosophiae compelli
- compel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911