pello — Lewis & Short
pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 (
I pluperf. pulserat, Amm. 30, 5, 19), v. a. kindred with Gr. pa/llw, pe/lw, to beat, strike, knock any thing or at any thing; to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel.
I Lit.
A In gen. (mostly poet.;
syn.: trudo, percutio): pueri pulsi,Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:
pectora pellite tonsis, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. tonsa, p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 235 Vahl.): terram pede,Lucr. 5, 1402:
ter pede terram (in the tripudium),Hor. C. 3, 18, 15:
humum pedibus,Cat. 61, 14:
fores,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 4; 5, 3, 2:
impetu venientium pulsae fores,Tac. A. 11, 37: spumat sale rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 378 Vahl.); cf.: unda pulsa remis, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. 162, 30; so,
vada remis,Cat. 64, 58:
(arbor) ventis pulsa,Lucr. 5, 1096.—
B In partic.
1 To drive out or away, to thrust or turn out, expel, banish; esp. milit., to drive back, discomfit, rout the enemy (freq. and class.; syn.: fugo, elimino, deicio); constr. with abl., with ex, rarely with de; also with ab and abl. of the place from which one is repelled or driven back, but has not entered:
cum viri boni lapidibus e foro pellerentur,Cic. Pis. 10, 23; so,
omnes ex Galliae finibus,Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 11; and:
praesidium ex arce,Nep. Pelop. 3 fin.:
a foribus,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 113:
istum ab Hispaniā,Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:
patriis ab agris Pellor,Ov. M. 14, 477; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 9:
aliquem a sacris,Ov. Ib. 624:
possessores suis sedibus,Cic. Off. 2, 22, 78:
aliquem sedibus,Sall. J. 41, 8:
aliquem possessionibus,Cic. Mil. 27, 74:
aliquem civitate,id. Par. 4, 1, 27:
loco,Liv. 10, 6:
patria,Nep. Arist. 1:
aliquem regno,Hor. S. 1, 6, 13; Just. 35, 1, 3.—Of inanim. objects:
aquam de agro,Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 230:
tecta, quibus frigorum vis pelleretur,Cic. Off. 2, 11, 13:
placidam nives pectore aquam,Tib. 1, 4, 12; 3, 5, 30:
calculos e corpore,Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 64.—Without indicating the place whence:
qui armis perterritus, fugatus, pulsus est,Cic. Caecin. 11, 31:
hostes pelluntur,Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 3; cf.:
milites pulsi fugatique,Sall. J. 74, 3:
exsules tyrannorum injuriā pulsi,driven out, banished, Liv. 34, 26, 12:
Athenienses Diagoram philosophum pepulerunt,Val. Max. 1, 1, 7 ext.— With abl. of manner:
pudendis Volneribus pulsus,Verg. A. 11, 56; cf.:
si fugisset vulneratus a tergo, etc., Serv. ad loc.—Specifying the place whither: miles pellitur foras,Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 11:
in exsilium pulsus,Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56.—
2 In milit. lang., to rout, put to flight, discomfit:
exercitum ejus ab Helvetiis pulsum et sub jugum missum,Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 4:
compluribus his proeliis pulsis,id. ib. 1, 10, 5:
Romanos pulsos superatosque,id. ib. 2, 24 fin., etc.; 1, 52; Liv. 2, 50; Just. 1, 6, 13; 2, 12, 26.—
3 To strike, set in motion, impel:
inpello, sagitta pulsa manu,Verg. A. 12, 320.—
4 Of a musical instrument, to strike the chords, play:
nervi pulsi,struck, Cic. Brut. 54, 199:
lyra pulsa manu,Ov. M. 10, 205; cf.:
classica pulsa,i. e. blown, Tib. 1, 1, 4.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to strike, touch, move, affect, impress, etc. (class.):
totum corpus hominis et ejus omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae,Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; cf.
of sound: Ille canit, pulsae referunt ad sidera valles,Verg. E. 6, 84:
sonat amnis, et Asia longe Pulsa palus,id. A. 7, 702:
quemadmodum visa nos pellerent,Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30; cf.:
visa enim ista cum acriter mentem sensumve pepulerunt,id. ib. 2, 20, 66; id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:
quod (dictum) cum animos hominum aurisque pepulisset,id. Or. 53, 177:
species utilitatis pepulit eum,id. Off. 3, 10, 41:
fit saepe, ut pellantur animi vehementius,id. Div. 1, 36, 80:
nec habet ullum ictum, quo pellat animum,id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:
nulla me ipsum privatim pepulit insignis injuria,id. Fam. 4, 13, 2:
ipsum in Hispaniā juvenem nullius forma pepulerat captivae,Liv. 30, 14, 3:
non mediocri curā Scipionis animum pepulit,id. 30, 14, 1:
pulsusque residerat ardor,Ov. M. 7, 76:
longi sermonis initium pepulisti,you have struck the chord of a long discussion, Cic. Brut. 87, 297.—
B In partic.
1 To drive out or away, to banish, expel:
maestitiam ex animis,Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 43:
procul a me dolorem,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 27:
pulsus Corde dolor,Verg. A. 6, 382:
glandt famem,Ov. M. 14, 216; so,
sitim,Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:
frigoris vim tectis,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13:
somnum,Sil. 7, 300;
Col. poët. 10, 69: Phoebeā morbos arte,Ov. F. 3, 827:
vino curas,Hor. C. 1, 7, 31:
moram,Ov. M. 2, 838:
dolore pulsa est amentia,id. ib. 5, 511:
turpia crimina a vobis,id. A. A. 3, 379:
umbras noctis,Cat. 63, 41:
sidera,Ov. M. 2, 530:
nubila,id. ib. 6, 690:
tenebras,id. ib. 7, 703; 15, 651.—
2 To beat, conquer, overcome (very rare): si animus hominem pepulit, actum'st: animo servit, non sibi;
Sin ipse animum pepulit, vivit, victor victorum cluet,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 27 sq.:
alicui pudicitiam,id. Ep. 4, 1, 15.