percello

Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through, thoroughly”) + Proto-Italic *kelnō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Latin clādes, clāva, gladius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈkel.loː/, [pɛrˈkɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈt͡ʃel.lo/, [perˈt͡ʃɛlːo]

Verb

percellō (present infinitive percellere, perfect active perculī, supine perculsum); third conjugation

1. to beat down

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

2. to overturn or upset

   Synonyms: agito, turbo, perago, ango

3. to strike or smite
4. to overthrow

Conjugation

Conjugation of percellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	percellō	percellis	percellit	percellimus	percellitis	percellunt
	imperfect	percellēbam	percellēbās	percellēbat	percellēbāmus	percellēbātis	percellēbant
	future	percellam	percellēs	percellet	percellēmus	percellētis	percellent
	perfect	perculī	perculistī	perculit	perculimus	perculistis	perculērunt, perculēre
	pluperfect	perculeram	perculerās	perculerat	perculerāmus	perculerātis	perculerant
	future perfect	perculerō	perculeris	perculerit	perculerimus	perculeritis	perculerint
passive	present	percellor	percelleris, percellere	percellitur	percellimur	percelliminī	percelluntur
	imperfect	percellēbar	percellēbāris, percellēbāre	percellēbātur	percellēbāmur	percellēbāminī	percellēbantur
	future	percellar	percellēris, percellēre	percellētur	percellēmur	percellēminī	percellentur
	perfect	perculsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perculsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perculsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	percellam	percellās	percellat	percellāmus	percellātis	percellant
	imperfect	percellerem	percellerēs	percelleret	percellerēmus	percellerētis	percellerent
	perfect	perculerim	perculerīs	perculerit	perculerīmus	perculerītis	perculerint
	pluperfect	perculissem	perculissēs	perculisset	perculissēmus	perculissētis	perculissent
passive	present	percellar	percellāris, percellāre	percellātur	percellāmur	percellāminī	percellantur
	imperfect	percellerer	percellerēris, percellerēre	percellerētur	percellerēmur	percellerēminī	percellerentur
	perfect	perculsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perculsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	percelle	—	—	percellite	—
	future	—	percellitō	percellitō	—	percellitōte	percelluntō
passive	present	—	percellere	—	—	percelliminī	—
	future	—	percellitor	percellitor	—	—	percelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		percellere	perculisse	perculsūrum esse	percellī	perculsum esse	perculsum īrī
participles		percellēns	—	perculsūrus	—	perculsus	percellendus, percellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		percellendī	percellendō	percellendum	percellendō	perculsum	perculsū

Related terms

• recellō

References

• “percello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “percello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• percello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • their spirits are broken: animus frangitur, affligitur, percellitur, debilitatur
    
  • to attack, overthrow a tyranny: imperium oppugnare, percellere