impelle
Dictionary entries
- Entry →impello, impellere, impuli, impulsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drive/persuade/impel; urge on/action; push/thrust/strike against; overthrow;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...parens sororque; causa est similis; assiste et manum impelle nostram. Liberos auidus pater gaudensque laceret et suos artus..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Thebas adsuetumque larem. tibi pareat impius exul, Argolicumque impelle nefas; neu mitis Adrastus praeualeat plebesque, caue, Lernaea moretur..."