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pello.

to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɛl.loː]Classical-Latin[ˈpɛl.lo]
  1. to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out

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  2. to strike, set in motion

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  3. to rout, put to flight, discomfit

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    Hostēs pulsī fugātīque sunt.
  4. to strike the chords, play

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  5. to touch, move, affect, impress

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  6. to beat, strike

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  7. to conquer, overcome, defeat

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō), πελεμίζω (pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω (psállō), Latin palpō. Unrelated to Greek πέλω (pélō), which means "to stir." The past participle pulsus is analogous; the logical outcome of Proto-Italic *poltos would have been *pultus; compare pultō and Venetan poltos. See vellō for a similar analogy.

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