compello, compellare, compellavi, compellatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
address/accost, speak to, call upon; appeal to; challenge; chide/rebuke; accuse;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | compello | compellamus |
| 2 | compellas | compellatis |
| 3 | compellat | compellant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | compellare |
| active | perfect | compellavisse |
| passive | present | compellari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compella | compellate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compellato | compellatote |
| 3 | compellato | compellanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compellare | compellamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compellator | — |
| 3 | compellator | compellantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compellatus | compellati |
| Gen. | compellati | compellatorum |
| Dat. | compellato | — |
| Acc. | compellatum | compellatos |
| Voc. | compellate | compellati |
| Abl. | compellato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compellata | compellatae |
| Gen. | compellatae | compellatarum |
| Dat. | compellatae | — |
| Acc. | compellatam | compellatas |
| Voc. | compellata | compellatae |
| Abl. | compellata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compellatum | compellata |
| Gen. | compellati | compellatorum |
| Dat. | compellato | — |
| Acc. | compellatum | compellata |
| Voc. | compellatum | compellata |
| Abl. | compellato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compellandus | — |
| Gen. | compellandi | — |
| Dat. | compellando | — |
| Acc. | compellandum | — |
| Voc. | compellande | — |
| Abl. | compellando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compellanda | — |
| Gen. | compellandae | — |
| Dat. | compellandae | — |
| Acc. | compellandam | — |
| Voc. | compellanda | — |
| Abl. | compellanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compellandum | — |
| Gen. | compellandi | — |
| Dat. | compellando | — |
| Acc. | compellandum | — |
| Voc. | compellandum | — |
| Abl. | compellando | — |
Supines
accusative: compellatum; ablative: compellatu
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...cruor. Oe. Fatidice te, te praesidem ueri deum compello: solum debui fatis patrem; bis parricida plusque quam timui..." 
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...repellit, 15inde veni; nec te totas infundere pennasluminibus compello meis++hoc turba precaturlaetior: extremo me tange cacumine virgae..."