pello

See also: Pello and pełło

Italian

Contraction

pello

1. (dated) contraction of per lo

Anagrams

• polle

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō), πελεμίζω (pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω (psállō), Latin palpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.loː/, [ˈpɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.lo/, [ˈpɛlːo]

Verb

pellō (present infinitive pellere, perfect active pepulī, supine pulsum); third conjugation

1. to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out

   Synonyms: exigō, ablēgō, exsulō, expellō, exportō, āmoveō, auferō, eximō, fugō, ēiciō

2. to strike, set in motion
3. (military) to rout, put to flight, discomfit
4. (music) to strike the chords, play
5. (figuratively) to touch, move, affect, impress
6. to beat, strike

   Synonyms: percello, percutio, ferio, pulsō, discutio, accido, affligo, tango, impingo, ico, verbero

7. (figuratively) to conquer, overcome, defeat

   Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, ēvincō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, exsuperō, obruō, opprimō, premō, fundō

Conjugation

Note that pluperfect active indicative pepulerat has the alternative form pulserat and that the perfect active indicative pepulī has the alternative form polsī.

Conjugation of pellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pellō	pellis	pellit	pellimus	pellitis	pellunt
	imperfect	pellēbam	pellēbās	pellēbat	pellēbāmus	pellēbātis	pellēbant
	future	pellam	pellēs	pellet	pellēmus	pellētis	pellent
	perfect	pepulī	pepulistī	pepulit	pepulimus	pepulistis	pepulērunt, pepulēre
	pluperfect	pepuleram	pepulerās	pepulerat	pepulerāmus	pepulerātis	pepulerant
	future perfect	pepulerō	pepuleris	pepulerit	pepulerimus	pepuleritis	pepulerint
passive	present	pellor	pelleris, pellere	pellitur	pellimur	pelliminī	pelluntur
	imperfect	pellēbar	pellēbāris, pellēbāre	pellēbātur	pellēbāmur	pellēbāminī	pellēbantur
	future	pellar	pellēris, pellēre	pellētur	pellēmur	pellēminī	pellentur
	perfect	pulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	pellam	pellās	pellat	pellāmus	pellātis	pellant
	imperfect	pellerem	pellerēs	pelleret	pellerēmus	pellerētis	pellerent
	perfect	pepulerim	pepulerīs	pepulerit	pepulerīmus	pepulerītis	pepulerint
	pluperfect	pepulissem	pepulissēs	pepulisset	pepulissēmus	pepulissētis	pepulissent
passive	present	pellar	pellāris, pellāre	pellātur	pellāmur	pellāminī	pellantur
	imperfect	pellerer	pellerēris, pellerēre	pellerētur	pellerēmur	pellerēminī	pellerentur
	perfect	pulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	pelle	—	—	pellite	—
	future	—	pellitō	pellitō	—	pellitōte	pelluntō
passive	present	—	pellere	—	—	pelliminī	—
	future	—	pellitor	pellitor	—	—	pelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pellere	pepulisse	pulsūrum esse	pellī	pulsum esse	pulsum īrī
participles		pellēns	—	pulsūrus	—	pulsus	pellendus, pellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		pellendī	pellendō	pellendum	pellendō	pulsum	pulsū

Derived terms

• appellō
• aspellō
• compellō
• dēpellō
• dispellō
• expellō
• impellō
• interpellō
• Pellōnia
• perpellō
• prōpellō
• pulsiō
• pultō/ pulsō
• pulsuōsus
• pulsus
• repellō

References

• “pello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make an impression on the senses: sensus movere (more strongly pellere)
    
  • to strike the strings of the lyre: pellere nervos in fidibus
    
  • to make an impression on a person's mind: alicuius animum pellere
    
  • to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
    
  • to banish a person, send him into exile: ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem
    
  • to repulse the enemy: pellere hostem