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(verb) : impello (inp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3 (archaic
* Inf. pres. pass. inpellier, Lucr. 6, 1060), in-pello, to push, drive, or strike against a thing; to strike, reach.
* Lit.
* In gen. (mostly poet.): cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus,Verg. A. 1, 82: vocales impellere pollice chordas,to strike,Tib. 2, 5, 3; cf. Ov. M. 10, 145: aequora remis,id. ib. 3, 657; cf.: infidum remis marmor,Verg. G. 1, 254: impellunt animae lintea Thraciae,swell,Hor. C. 4, 12, 2: auras mugitibus,Ov. M. 3, 21; cf.: maternas aures Luctus,Verg. G. 4, 349: sensus,Lucr. 1, 303: colles canoris plausibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 175: cui patuere Alpes saxa impellentia caelum,Sil. 11, 217: cum fretum non impulit Ister, does not strike, i. e. does not empty into, Luc. 5, 437: impulsum ab eo dextri pedis pollice,Suet. Calig. 57: subitus antennas impulit ignis,Juv. 12, 19.
* Trop.
* To move to a thing; to impel, incite, urge; esp., to instigate, stimulate, persuade (the predom. signif. in good prose); constr. usu. with aliquem in or ad aliquid and ut; less freq. with a terminal adverb, the inf., the simple acc., or absol.
* Aliquem in aliquid: nisi eum di immortales in eam mentem impulissent, ut, etc.,Cic. Mil. 33, 89: hic in fraudem homines impulit,id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Lael. 24, 89; and: in fraudem impulsus,id. Deiot. 12, 32: in sermonem,id. de Or. 2, 89, 363: in plurimas animum audientium species impellere,Quint. 12, 10, 43.
* To overthrow, subdue, destroy (rare): praecipitantem igitur impellamus, et perditum prosternamus, Cic. Clu. 26, 70: miseri post fata Sychaei ... Solus hic (Aeneas) inflexit sensus animumque labantem Impulit,i. e. has completely subdued,Verg. A. 4, 23: impellere ruentem,to destroy completely,Tac. H. 2, 63 fin.: inpulsas Vitellii res audietis,id. ib. 3, 2: inmenso Achaicae victoriae momento ad impellendos mores,Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149: impulsum bellum,i. e. brought near to a close,Luc. 5, 330: impellens quidquid sibi, summa petenti, obstaret,id. 1, 149: tum leviter est temptatum, ... et nunc maximo temporum nostrorum auctore prope inpulsum,Quint. 3, 4, 2 Spald. N. cr.
* With ut: quae causa nos impulerit, ut haec tam sero litteris mandaremus,Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 77: Germanos tam facile impelli, ut in Galliam venirent,Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166; id. Rep. 3, 2; id. Fin. 3, 20, 65; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51 et saep.
* With a terminal adv.: dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur,Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: impulit huc animos,Luc. 8, 454: voluntates impellere quo velit,Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30.—(ε) With inf.: fuerunt quos pavor nando capessere fugam impulerit,Liv. 22, 6, 7: quae mens tam dira Impulit his cingi telis?Verg. A. 2, 520; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 10: quendam impulit servilem ei amorem obicere,id. ib. 14, 60; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14; Stat. Th. 10, 737; Just. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 4; 29, 4, 5.—(ζ) With the simple acc.: ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone,to arouse, address,Hor. S. 1, 3, 65; Val. Fl. 4, 486: cum praetor lictorem impellat,Juv. 3, 128: quis modo casus impulit hos,id. 15, 120: vernacula multitudo, lasciviae sueta, impellere ceterorum rudes animos,to instigate, stimulate,Tac. A. 1, 31 Ritter. (Nipperd. implere).—In pass.: (ut) qui audiunt aut impellantur aut reflectantur,Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312: Bellovacos impulsos ab suis principibus ab Aeduis defecisse,Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3: vel iratum vel impulsum ab aliis,Quint. 11, 1, 71: hac fama impulsus Chremes ultro ad me venit,Ter. And. 1, 1, 72: impulsus irā ... Quibus iris impulsus,id. Hec. 3, 5, 35: furore atque amentia impulsus,Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4: hac impulsi occasione,id. ib. 7, 1, 3: Induciomari nuntiis impulsi,id. ib. 5, 26, 2: Cassandrae impulsus furiis,Verg. A. 10, 68 et saep.: quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,Quint. 7, 1, 10: cum simul terra, simul mari bellum impelleretur,Tac. Agr. 25; cf.: impulsum bellum,Luc. 7, 5; 7, 330.—(η) Absol.: cui (δαιμονίῳ) sempel ipse paruerit, numquam impellenti, saepe revocanti, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122: qui nullo impellente fallebant,id. Fl. 8, 20: uno ictu frequenter impellunt (sententiae),Quint. 12, 10, 48.
* Inf. pres. pass. inpellier, Lucr. 6, 1060), in-pello, to push, drive, or strike against a thing; to strike, reach.
* Lit.
* In gen. (mostly poet.): cavum conversa cuspide montem Impulit in latus,Verg. A. 1, 82: vocales impellere pollice chordas,to strike,Tib. 2, 5, 3; cf. Ov. M. 10, 145: aequora remis,id. ib. 3, 657; cf.: infidum remis marmor,Verg. G. 1, 254: impellunt animae lintea Thraciae,swell,Hor. C. 4, 12, 2: auras mugitibus,Ov. M. 3, 21; cf.: maternas aures Luctus,Verg. G. 4, 349: sensus,Lucr. 1, 303: colles canoris plausibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 175: cui patuere Alpes saxa impellentia caelum,Sil. 11, 217: cum fretum non impulit Ister, does not strike, i. e. does not empty into, Luc. 5, 437: impulsum ab eo dextri pedis pollice,Suet. Calig. 57: subitus antennas impulit ignis,Juv. 12, 19.
* Trop.
* To move to a thing; to impel, incite, urge; esp., to instigate, stimulate, persuade (the predom. signif. in good prose); constr. usu. with aliquem in or ad aliquid and ut; less freq. with a terminal adverb, the inf., the simple acc., or absol.
* Aliquem in aliquid: nisi eum di immortales in eam mentem impulissent, ut, etc.,Cic. Mil. 33, 89: hic in fraudem homines impulit,id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Lael. 24, 89; and: in fraudem impulsus,id. Deiot. 12, 32: in sermonem,id. de Or. 2, 89, 363: in plurimas animum audientium species impellere,Quint. 12, 10, 43.
* To overthrow, subdue, destroy (rare): praecipitantem igitur impellamus, et perditum prosternamus, Cic. Clu. 26, 70: miseri post fata Sychaei ... Solus hic (Aeneas) inflexit sensus animumque labantem Impulit,i. e. has completely subdued,Verg. A. 4, 23: impellere ruentem,to destroy completely,Tac. H. 2, 63 fin.: inpulsas Vitellii res audietis,id. ib. 3, 2: inmenso Achaicae victoriae momento ad impellendos mores,Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149: impulsum bellum,i. e. brought near to a close,Luc. 5, 330: impellens quidquid sibi, summa petenti, obstaret,id. 1, 149: tum leviter est temptatum, ... et nunc maximo temporum nostrorum auctore prope inpulsum,Quint. 3, 4, 2 Spald. N. cr.
* With ut: quae causa nos impulerit, ut haec tam sero litteris mandaremus,Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. de Sen. 21, 77: Germanos tam facile impelli, ut in Galliam venirent,Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 166; id. Rep. 3, 2; id. Fin. 3, 20, 65; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 51 et saep.
* With a terminal adv.: dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur,Ter. And. 1, 5, 31: impulit huc animos,Luc. 8, 454: voluntates impellere quo velit,Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30.—(ε) With inf.: fuerunt quos pavor nando capessere fugam impulerit,Liv. 22, 6, 7: quae mens tam dira Impulit his cingi telis?Verg. A. 2, 520; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 10: quendam impulit servilem ei amorem obicere,id. ib. 14, 60; Hor. C. 3, 7, 14; Stat. Th. 10, 737; Just. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 4; 29, 4, 5.—(ζ) With the simple acc.: ut forte legentem Aut tacitum impellat quovis sermone,to arouse, address,Hor. S. 1, 3, 65; Val. Fl. 4, 486: cum praetor lictorem impellat,Juv. 3, 128: quis modo casus impulit hos,id. 15, 120: vernacula multitudo, lasciviae sueta, impellere ceterorum rudes animos,to instigate, stimulate,Tac. A. 1, 31 Ritter. (Nipperd. implere).—In pass.: (ut) qui audiunt aut impellantur aut reflectantur,Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312: Bellovacos impulsos ab suis principibus ab Aeduis defecisse,Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3: vel iratum vel impulsum ab aliis,Quint. 11, 1, 71: hac fama impulsus Chremes ultro ad me venit,Ter. And. 1, 1, 72: impulsus irā ... Quibus iris impulsus,id. Hec. 3, 5, 35: furore atque amentia impulsus,Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4: hac impulsi occasione,id. ib. 7, 1, 3: Induciomari nuntiis impulsi,id. ib. 5, 26, 2: Cassandrae impulsus furiis,Verg. A. 10, 68 et saep.: quia et initio movendus sit judex et summo impellendus,Quint. 7, 1, 10: cum simul terra, simul mari bellum impelleretur,Tac. Agr. 25; cf.: impulsum bellum,Luc. 7, 5; 7, 330.—(η) Absol.: cui (δαιμονίῳ) sempel ipse paruerit, numquam impellenti, saepe revocanti, Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122: qui nullo impellente fallebant,id. Fl. 8, 20: uno ictu frequenter impellunt (sententiae),Quint. 12, 10, 48.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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