pello

pello, pĕpŭli, pulsum, 3 ( pluperf. pulserat, Amm. 30, 5, 19), v. a. [kindred with Gr. pallô, pelô], 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.