expello

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ pellō (“drive out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspel.loː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspel.lo/, [ekˈspɛlːo]

Verb

expellō (present infinitive expellere, perfect active expulī, supine expulsum); third conjugation

1. to drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge

   Synonyms: ablēgō, exsulō, exportō, pellō, eximō, fugō, āmoveō, auferō, ēiciō

2. (figuratively) to force or drive out or away, expel, remove
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.245:

     spem metus expulerat

     Fear had driven out hope

Conjugation

Conjugation of expellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expellō	expellis	expellit	expellimus	expellitis	expellunt
	imperfect	expellēbam	expellēbās	expellēbat	expellēbāmus	expellēbātis	expellēbant
	future	expellam	expellēs	expellet	expellēmus	expellētis	expellent
	perfect	expulī	expulistī	expulit	expulimus	expulistis	expulērunt, expulēre
	pluperfect	expuleram	expulerās	expulerat	expulerāmus	expulerātis	expulerant
	future perfect	expulerō	expuleris	expulerit	expulerimus	expuleritis	expulerint
passive	present	expellor	expelleris, expellere	expellitur	expellimur	expelliminī	expelluntur
	imperfect	expellēbar	expellēbāris, expellēbāre	expellēbātur	expellēbāmur	expellēbāminī	expellēbantur
	future	expellar	expellēris, expellēre	expellētur	expellēmur	expellēminī	expellentur
	perfect	expulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expellam	expellās	expellat	expellāmus	expellātis	expellant
	imperfect	expellerem	expellerēs	expelleret	expellerēmus	expellerētis	expellerent
	perfect	expulerim	expulerīs	expulerit	expulerīmus	expulerītis	expulerint
	pluperfect	expulissem	expulissēs	expulisset	expulissēmus	expulissētis	expulissent
passive	present	expellar	expellāris, expellāre	expellātur	expellāmur	expellāminī	expellantur
	imperfect	expellerer	expellerēris, expellerēre	expellerētur	expellerēmur	expellerēminī	expellerentur
	perfect	expulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	expelle	—	—	expellite	—
	future	—	expellitō	expellitō	—	expellitōte	expelluntō
passive	present	—	expellere	—	—	expelliminī	—
	future	—	expellitor	expellitor	—	—	expelluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		expellere	expulisse	expulsūrum esse	expellī	expulsum esse	expulsum īrī
participles		expellēns	—	expulsūrus	—	expulsus	expellendus, expellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		expellendī	expellendō	expellendum	expellendō	expulsum	expulsū

Derived terms

• expulsi
• expulsim
• expulsor
• expulsus
• expulsō
• expultrīx

 

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• Catalan: espellir, → expel·lir
• → English: expel
• Galician: espelir
• → Galician: expeler
• Italian: espellere
• Occitan: espelir
• → Old French: expeller
• → Portuguese: expelir
• → Spanish: expeler

References

• “expello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
    
  • to banish a person, send him into exile: in exsilium eicere or expellere aliquem
    
  • to banish a person, send him into exile: ex urbe (civitate) expellere, pellere aliquem
    
  • to depose a king: aliquem regno spoliare or expellere (Div. 1. 22. 74)