dispello
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + pellō (“push, drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪsˈpɛl.loː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪isˈpɛl.lo]
Verb
dispellō (present infinitive dispellere, perfect active dispulī, supine dispulsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to drive asunder, scatter, disperse
- (transitive, figuratively) to drive away, scatter, dispel, put an end to
Conjugation
Conjugation of dispellō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: dispel
References
- “dispello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dispello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dispello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.