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depello

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depello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of depellere

Latin

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Etymology

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From dē- +‎ pellō (push, drive).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dēpellō (present infinitive dēpellere, perfect active dēpulī, supine dēpulsum); third conjugation

  1. to drive out or away; remove, expel, repel
  2. to drive, thrust or cast down
  3. (military) to drive or push away or dislodge an enemy from his position
  4. to thrust out or remove from a situation, avert
  5. to deter, divert, dissuade from
  6. to remove from the breast, wean

Conjugation

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References

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  • depello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • depello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • depello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem sitimque depellere cibo et potione
    • to be forced to change one's mind: de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
    • to banish grief: dolorem abicere, deponere, depellere
    • to disconcert a person: animum alicuius de statu, de gradu demovere (more strongly depellere, deturbare)
    • to lose hope: spe deici, depelli, deturbari
    • to clear oneself of a suspicion: suspicionem a se removere, depellere, propulsare (Verr. 3. 60. 140)
    • to meet force by force: vim vi depellere
    • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
    • to deliver some one from slavery: ab aliquo servitutem or servitutis iugum depellere
    • to drive the enemy from his position: loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)