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		perculēre, perculērunt
	pluperfect	perculeram		perculerās		perculerat		perculerāmus		perculerātis		perculerant
	future perfect	perculerō		perculeris		perculerit		perculerimus		perculeritis		perculerint
passive	present	percellor		percellere, percelleris		percellitur		percellimur		percelliminī		percelluntur
	imperfect	percellēbar		percellēbāre, percellēbāris		percellēbātur		percellēbāmur		percellēbāminī		percellēbantur
	future	percellar		percellēre, percellēris		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		percellāre, percellāris		percellātur		percellāmur		percellāminī		percellantur
	imperfect	percellerer		percellerēre, percellerēris		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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		percellere			percellī			percellēns			—
future		perculsūrum esse			perculsum īrī			perculsūrus			percellendus, percellundus
perfect		perculisse			perculsum esse			—			perculsus
future perfect		—			perculsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		perculsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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