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(verb) : com-pello (conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3
* To drive together to a place, to collect, assemble (opp. expello, Cic. Pis. 7, 16; to dispellere,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149; and to aspellere,id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; class.).
* Lit. of herds, flocks: tum compellendum (agnos) in gregem ovium,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: armentum in speluncam,Liv. 1, 7, 5; cf.: pecoris vim ingentem in saltum avium,id. 9, 31, 7: greges in unum,Verg. E. 7, 2: pecus totius provinciae,Cic. Pis. 36, 87: haedorum gregem hibisco (poet. for ad hibiscum), Verg. E. 2, 30.—Also of other objects: primordia,Lucr. 2, 564: homines unum in locum,Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: naves (hostium) in portum,Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.: hostes intra oppida murosque,id. B. G. 7, 65; so of the driving or forcing of enemies in a body; cf.: adversarios intra moenia,Nep. Ages. 5, 3: hostem fugatum in naves,Liv. 10, 2, 2: Dardanos in urbem,id. 41, 19, 9; Suet. Vit. 15: oppidanos intra munimenta,Curt. 8, 11, 1: hostes in fugam,Just. 4, 4.—Hence fig.: bellum Medulliam,to turn the war thither,Liv. 1, 33, 4: is (hostes) eo compulit ut locorum angustiis clausi, etc.,drove them into so close corners,Nep. Ham. 2, 4: Pompeium domum suam,Cic. Pis. 7, 16: ad monumentorum deversoria plebe compulsā,Suet. Ner. 38: quam (imaginem) virga semel horrida... Nigro compulerit gregi, * Hor. C. 1, 24, 18: ossa in suas sedes,Cels. 6, 7 fin.
* Trop.
* To bring or press together: amores nostros dispulsos,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149: cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.—Far more freq.
* To drive, bring, move, impel, incite, urge, compel, force, constrain to something; constr. with ad, in, more rarely with ut, the inf. or absol.
* With ad (freq. in Suet.): aliquem ad virtutem,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 10: ad arma,Cic. Marcell. 5, 13: ad bellum,Ov. M. 5, 219: ad deditionem fame,Suet. Aug. 14; Curt. 9, 1, 19: ad necem,Suet. Aug. 66; id. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 35: ad mortem, id. Tib. 56; Quint. 7, 3, 7: ad confessionem,Suet. Claud. 15: ad pugnam,id. ib. 21: ad rapinas,Luc. 7, 99: ad defectionem,Curt. 10, 1, 45: ad laqueum,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12: ad impudicitiam,Dig. 1, 6, 2.
* With in: in hunc sensum compellor injuriis,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21: in eundem metum,Liv. 25, 29, 8: in socordiam,Col. 11, 1, 11: in mortem,Quint. 7, 3, 7: in metum,Tac. H. 2, 27.
* With ut: callidum senem callidis dolis Conpuli et perpuli, mihi omnia ut crederet,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4; Suet. Caes. 1; 24; id. Vesp. 2; Tac. Or. 4; Curt. 8, 8, 2.
* With inf.: aliquem jussa nefanda pati,Ov. F. 3, 860; Luc. 3, 144; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Dom. 14; Curt. 5, 1, 35; Just. 16, 5; 30, 3; Gai Inst. 2, 237.—(ε) Absol.: ceteras nationes conterruit, compulit, domuit,Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33: aliquā indignatione compellendus,Quint. 9, 4, 138: ille qui aspellit, is conpellit,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 46; freq. in perf. part.: periculis compulsus,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 41; Liv. 27, 30, 3.
* To drive together to a place, to collect, assemble (opp. expello, Cic. Pis. 7, 16; to dispellere,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149; and to aspellere,id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; class.).
* Lit. of herds, flocks: tum compellendum (agnos) in gregem ovium,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18: armentum in speluncam,Liv. 1, 7, 5; cf.: pecoris vim ingentem in saltum avium,id. 9, 31, 7: greges in unum,Verg. E. 7, 2: pecus totius provinciae,Cic. Pis. 36, 87: haedorum gregem hibisco (poet. for ad hibiscum), Verg. E. 2, 30.—Also of other objects: primordia,Lucr. 2, 564: homines unum in locum,Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2: naves (hostium) in portum,Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.: hostes intra oppida murosque,id. B. G. 7, 65; so of the driving or forcing of enemies in a body; cf.: adversarios intra moenia,Nep. Ages. 5, 3: hostem fugatum in naves,Liv. 10, 2, 2: Dardanos in urbem,id. 41, 19, 9; Suet. Vit. 15: oppidanos intra munimenta,Curt. 8, 11, 1: hostes in fugam,Just. 4, 4.—Hence fig.: bellum Medulliam,to turn the war thither,Liv. 1, 33, 4: is (hostes) eo compulit ut locorum angustiis clausi, etc.,drove them into so close corners,Nep. Ham. 2, 4: Pompeium domum suam,Cic. Pis. 7, 16: ad monumentorum deversoria plebe compulsā,Suet. Ner. 38: quam (imaginem) virga semel horrida... Nigro compulerit gregi, * Hor. C. 1, 24, 18: ossa in suas sedes,Cels. 6, 7 fin.
* Trop.
* To bring or press together: amores nostros dispulsos,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149: cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.—Far more freq.
* To drive, bring, move, impel, incite, urge, compel, force, constrain to something; constr. with ad, in, more rarely with ut, the inf. or absol.
* With ad (freq. in Suet.): aliquem ad virtutem,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 10: ad arma,Cic. Marcell. 5, 13: ad bellum,Ov. M. 5, 219: ad deditionem fame,Suet. Aug. 14; Curt. 9, 1, 19: ad necem,Suet. Aug. 66; id. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 35: ad mortem, id. Tib. 56; Quint. 7, 3, 7: ad confessionem,Suet. Claud. 15: ad pugnam,id. ib. 21: ad rapinas,Luc. 7, 99: ad defectionem,Curt. 10, 1, 45: ad laqueum,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12: ad impudicitiam,Dig. 1, 6, 2.
* With in: in hunc sensum compellor injuriis,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21: in eundem metum,Liv. 25, 29, 8: in socordiam,Col. 11, 1, 11: in mortem,Quint. 7, 3, 7: in metum,Tac. H. 2, 27.
* With ut: callidum senem callidis dolis Conpuli et perpuli, mihi omnia ut crederet,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4; Suet. Caes. 1; 24; id. Vesp. 2; Tac. Or. 4; Curt. 8, 8, 2.
* With inf.: aliquem jussa nefanda pati,Ov. F. 3, 860; Luc. 3, 144; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Dom. 14; Curt. 5, 1, 35; Just. 16, 5; 30, 3; Gai Inst. 2, 237.—(ε) Absol.: ceteras nationes conterruit, compulit, domuit,Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33: aliquā indignatione compellendus,Quint. 9, 4, 138: ille qui aspellit, is conpellit,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 46; freq. in perf. part.: periculis compulsus,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 41; Liv. 27, 30, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : compello (conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, 1. compello; cf. 2. appello, āre, from 1. appello, ĕre, and jugare, from root of jungo
* To accost one.
* Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poet.): exin compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41 (Ann. v. 45 Vahl.); so, aliquem, id. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 ib.): aliquem voce,Verg. A. 5, 161; and: notis vocibus,id. ib. 6, 499; cf. Ov. M. 14, 839: blande hominem,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 72; cf. id. Stich. 2, 1, 43: familiariter,id. Men. 2, 3, 23: carmine, * Cat. 64, 24: talibus agrestem com pellat Oreada dictis,Ov. M. 8, 787; 12, 585: Tauream nomine,Liv. 23, 47, 2; Curt. 4, 13, 20: aliquem multo honore,Verg. A. 3, 474: verbis amicis,id. ib. 2, 372: aliquam de stupro,to invite to unchastity,Val. Max. 6, 1, 2; in like sense absol.: compellare,Hyg. Fab. 57.
* In a hostile sense, to address one reproachfully or abusively, to reproach, chide, rebuke, upbraid, abuse, to take to task, call to account (good prose).
* In gen.: mimus nominatim Accium poëtam compellavit in scaenā,Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24: neque aspexit mater, quin eum fratricidam impiumque detestans compellaret,Nep. Timol. 1, 5: pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat,Liv. 22, 12, 12; 34, 2, 8: ne compellarer inultus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; 1, 7, 31; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.
* Esp., jurid. t. t., of authorities, to summon one to answer a charge; or of adversaries, to arraign one before a tribunal, to accuse of crime (cf. 2. appello): Q. Ciceronem compellat edicto,Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; id. Red. in Sen. 5, 12; 13, 52: Nigidius minari in contione, se judicem, qui non adfuerit, compellaturum,id. Att. 2, 2, 3; so id. Phil. 3, 7, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Liv. 43, 2, 11; Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Caes. 17.
* To accost one.
* Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poet.): exin compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41 (Ann. v. 45 Vahl.); so, aliquem, id. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 ib.): aliquem voce,Verg. A. 5, 161; and: notis vocibus,id. ib. 6, 499; cf. Ov. M. 14, 839: blande hominem,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 72; cf. id. Stich. 2, 1, 43: familiariter,id. Men. 2, 3, 23: carmine, * Cat. 64, 24: talibus agrestem com pellat Oreada dictis,Ov. M. 8, 787; 12, 585: Tauream nomine,Liv. 23, 47, 2; Curt. 4, 13, 20: aliquem multo honore,Verg. A. 3, 474: verbis amicis,id. ib. 2, 372: aliquam de stupro,to invite to unchastity,Val. Max. 6, 1, 2; in like sense absol.: compellare,Hyg. Fab. 57.
* In a hostile sense, to address one reproachfully or abusively, to reproach, chide, rebuke, upbraid, abuse, to take to task, call to account (good prose).
* In gen.: mimus nominatim Accium poëtam compellavit in scaenā,Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24: neque aspexit mater, quin eum fratricidam impiumque detestans compellaret,Nep. Timol. 1, 5: pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat,Liv. 22, 12, 12; 34, 2, 8: ne compellarer inultus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; 1, 7, 31; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.
* Esp., jurid. t. t., of authorities, to summon one to answer a charge; or of adversaries, to arraign one before a tribunal, to accuse of crime (cf. 2. appello): Q. Ciceronem compellat edicto,Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; id. Red. in Sen. 5, 12; 13, 52: Nigidius minari in contione, se judicem, qui non adfuerit, compellaturum,id. Att. 2, 2, 3; so id. Phil. 3, 7, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Liv. 43, 2, 11; Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Caes. 17.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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