compello

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpellō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpel.loː/, [kɔmˈpɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpel.lo/, [komˈpɛlːo]

Etymology 1

From con- (“together”) +‎ pellō (“drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Verb

compellō (present infinitive compellere, perfect active compulī, supine compulsum); third conjugation

1. to gather, collect, push together

   Synonyms: contrahō, conferō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, congerō, cōgō, reficiō

2. to compel, reduce to a certain condition or state by force

   Synonyms: impingō, perpellō, cōgō, impellō, subigō

3. to 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
• Galician: compeler
• Portuguese: compelir
• Spanish: compeler
• → Welsh: cymell

Etymology 2

From con- (“together”) +‎ pellō (“push, drive, hurl”) +‎ -ō, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Verb

compellō (present infinitive compellāre, perfect active compellāvī, supine compellātum); first conjugation

1. to address, accost

   Synonym: appellō

2. to challenge
3. to rebuke

   Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, perstringō, arguō, corripiō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, increpō, acclāmō, inclāmō, reprehendō, animadvertō

4. to insult, scold

   Synonyms: īnsultō, exsecror, maledicō, obloquor, invehō, intrahō, incessō

   Antonym: benedīcō

5. to accuse

   Synonyms: condemnō, criminor, obloquor, arripiō, corripiō, pulsō, accūsō, incūsō, obiectō, arcesso, arguō

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • 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, →OCLC.