Latin

edit

Etymology

edit

From dis- +‎ pellō (push, drive).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

dispellō (present infinitive dispellere, perfect active dispulī, supine dispulsum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to drive asunder, scatter, disperse
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to drive away, scatter, dispel, put an end to

Conjugation

edit
   Conjugation of dispellō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dispellō dispellis dispellit dispellimus dispellitis dispellunt
imperfect dispellēbam dispellēbās dispellēbat dispellēbāmus dispellēbātis dispellēbant
future dispellam dispellēs dispellet dispellēmus dispellētis dispellent
perfect dispulī dispulistī dispulit dispulimus dispulistis dispulērunt,
dispulēre
pluperfect dispuleram dispulerās dispulerat dispulerāmus dispulerātis dispulerant
future perfect dispulerō dispuleris dispulerit dispulerimus dispuleritis dispulerint
passive present dispellor dispelleris,
dispellere
dispellitur dispellimur dispelliminī dispelluntur
imperfect dispellēbar dispellēbāris,
dispellēbāre
dispellēbātur dispellēbāmur dispellēbāminī dispellēbantur
future dispellar dispellēris,
dispellēre
dispellētur dispellēmur dispellēminī dispellentur
perfect dispulsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dispulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dispulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dispellam dispellās dispellat dispellāmus dispellātis dispellant
imperfect dispellerem dispellerēs dispelleret dispellerēmus dispellerētis dispellerent
perfect dispulerim dispulerīs dispulerit dispulerīmus dispulerītis dispulerint
pluperfect dispulissem dispulissēs dispulisset dispulissēmus dispulissētis dispulissent
passive present dispellar dispellāris,
dispellāre
dispellātur dispellāmur dispellāminī dispellantur
imperfect dispellerer dispellerēris,
dispellerēre
dispellerētur dispellerēmur dispellerēminī dispellerentur
perfect dispulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dispulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dispelle dispellite
future dispellitō dispellitō dispellitōte dispelluntō
passive present dispellere dispelliminī
future dispellitor dispellitor dispelluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dispellere dispulisse dispulsūrum esse dispellī dispulsum esse dispulsum īrī
participles dispellēns dispulsūrus dispulsus dispellendus,
dispellundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dispellendī dispellendō dispellendum dispellendō dispulsum dispulsū

Derived terms

edit
edit

Descendants

edit
  • English: dispel

References

edit
  • dispello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dispello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dispello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.