compello, compellere, compuli, compulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drive together (cattle), round up; force, compel, impel, drive; squeeze; gnash;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | compello | compellimus |
| 2 | compellis | compellitis |
| 3 | compellit | compellunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | compellere |
| active | perfect | compulisse |
| passive | present | compelli |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compelle | compellite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compellito | compellitote |
| 3 | compellito | compellunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compellere | compellimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | compellitor | — |
| 3 | compellitor | compelluntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compulsus | compulsi |
| Gen. | compulsi | compulsorum |
| Dat. | compulso | — |
| Acc. | compulsum | compulsos |
| Voc. | compulse | compulsi |
| Abl. | compulso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compulsa | compulsae |
| Gen. | compulsae | compulsarum |
| Dat. | compulsae | — |
| Acc. | compulsam | compulsas |
| Voc. | compulsa | compulsae |
| Abl. | compulsa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compulsum | compulsa |
| Gen. | compulsi | compulsorum |
| Dat. | compulso | — |
| Acc. | compulsum | compulsa |
| Voc. | compulsum | compulsa |
| Abl. | compulso | — |
Supines
accusative: compulsum; ablative: compulsu
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..."