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compelleret

Dictionary entries

  • compello, compellere, compuli, compulsus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = drive together (cattle), round up; force, compel, impel, drive; squeeze; gnash;

    Entry →
    sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd

Examples

  • M

    IV

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES

    "...sceleris conscientia, quos maioris cruciatus metus in suprema compelleret. igitur ne supplicia properato lucrarentur obitu, rursus in poenam..."
  • T

    Liber XXXVIII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...maxime operis erat, impigre agebat, ut Ambracienses compelleret ad deditionem. id cum per colloquia principum succedens murum parum..."
  • T

    Liber XXXVII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...Romanos iusserunt, ut, quantum consilio, quantum auctoritate ualeret, compelleret Romanos ad Patara expugnanda. Magnam Romanis laetitiam prius uictoriae..."
  • G

    Liber VIII

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...tanto impensius petere a publico parente, ut eum compelleret ad cedendum senatui. Id vero deerat, ut cum Pallante..."

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