compulso

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

compulso, āre, v. freq. [compello].

I To press or strike violently (post-class. and rare), Ap. Met. 7, 21, 11.—

II To contend or fight together , Tert. Apol. 20; cf. compulsatio.