propello

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈpɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: pro‧pèl‧lo

Verb

propello

1. first-person singular present indicative of propellere

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ pellō (“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈpel.loː/, [proːˈpɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈpel.lo/, [proˈpɛlːo]

Verb

prōpellō (present infinitive prōpellere, perfect active prōpulī, supine prōpulsum); third conjugation

1. to drive, push or urge forth or forward; hurl, propel
2. to hurl or cast down, overthrow, expel
3. to drive on, impel, incite, urge
4. to drive away, keep or ward off

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōpellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōpellō	prōpellis	prōpellit	prōpellimus	prōpellitis	prōpellunt
	imperfect	prōpellēbam	prōpellēbās	prōpellēbat	prōpellēbāmus	prōpellēbātis	prōpellēbant
	future	prōpellam	prōpellēs	prōpellet	prōpellēmus	prōpellētis	prōpellent
	perfect	prōpulī	prōpulistī	prōpulit	prōpulimus	prōpulistis	prōpulērunt, prōpulēre
	pluperfect	prōpuleram	prōpulerās	prōpulerat	prōpulerāmus	prōpulerātis	prōpulerant
	future perfect	prōpulerō	prōpuleris	prōpulerit	prōpulerimus	prōpuleritis	prōpulerint
passive	present	prōpellor	prōpelleris, prōpellere	prōpellitur	prōpellimur	prōpelliminī	prōpelluntur
	imperfect	prōpellēbar	prōpellēbāris, prōpellēbāre	prōpellēbātur	prōpellēbāmur	prōpellēbāminī	prōpellēbantur
	future	prōpellar	prōpellēris, prōpellēre	prōpellētur	prōpellēmur	prōpellēminī	prōpellentur
	perfect	prōpulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōpulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōpulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōpellam	prōpellās	prōpellat	prōpellāmus	prōpellātis	prōpellant
	imperfect	prōpellerem	prōpellerēs	prōpelleret	prōpellerēmus	prōpellerētis	prōpellerent
	perfect	prōpulerim	prōpulerīs	prōpulerit	prōpulerīmus	prōpulerītis	prōpulerint
	pluperfect	prōpulissem	prōpulissēs	prōpulisset	prōpulissēmus	prōpulissētis	prōpulissent
passive	present	prōpellar	prōpellāris, prōpellāre	prōpellātur	prōpellāmur	prōpellāminī	prōpellantur
	imperfect	prōpellerer	prōpellerēris, prōpellerēre	prōpellerētur	prōpellerēmur	prōpellerēminī	prōpellerentur
	perfect	prōpulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōpulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōpelle	—	—	prōpellite	—
	future	—	prōpellitō	prōpellitō	—	prōpellitōte	prōpelluntō
passive	present	—	prōpellere	—	—	prōpelliminī	—
	future	—	prōpellitor	prōpellitor	—	—	prōpelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōpellere	prōpulisse	prōpulsūrum esse	prōpellī	prōpulsum esse	prōpulsum īrī
participles		prōpellēns	—	prōpulsūrus	—	prōpulsus	prōpellendus, prōpellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōpellendī	prōpellendō	prōpellendum	prōpellendō	prōpulsum	prōpulsū

Derived terms

• prōpulsō
• prōpulsor
• prōpulsus

Related terms

• appellō
• aspellō
• compellō
• dēpellō
• dispellō
• expellō
• impellō
• interpellō
• pellō
• perpellō
• repellō

Descendants

• English: propel
• Italian: propellere
• Portuguese: propelir

References

• “propello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to row: navem remis agere or propellere