pello

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pellō pepulī, pulsus, ere

1 PAL-, to beat, strike, knock, push, drive, hurl, impel, propel : fores, T.: pueri pulsi: ter pede terram (in the tripudium), H.: undique magno Pulsa domus strepitu, H.— To drive out, drive away, thrust out, expel, banish, repel, drive back, discomfit, rout : qui armis pulsus est: hostes pelluntur, Cs.: exsules tyrannorum iniuriā pulsi, banished , L.: in exsilium pulsus: lapidibus e foro pelli: omnes ex Galliae finibus, Cs.: istum ab Hispaniā: illum ab eā, T.: possessores suis sedibus: patriā, N.: regno pulsus, H.: pudendis Volneribus pulsus, i. e. shamefully wounded in flight , V.— To rout, put to flight, discomfit : exercitus eius ab Helvetiis pulsus, Cs.— To strike, set in motion, impel : sagitta pulsa manu, V.: nervi pulsi, struck : lyra pulsa manu, played , O.: classica, Tb.—Fig., to strike, touch , move, affect, impress : Ille canit, pulsae referunt ad sidera valles, V.: acriter mentem sensumve: species utilitatis pepulit eum: iuvenem nullius forma pepulerat captivae, L.: pulsusque recesserat ardor, O.: Haec ubi dicta Agrestem (murem) pepulere, H.— To drive out, drive away, banish, expel : maestitiam ex animis: quo tibi nostri Pulsus amor? what has become of your love for me? V.: glande famem, O.: tecta, quibus frigorum vis pelleretur: tenebras, O.