propulso

prōpulso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [propello], to drive back, keep or ward off, to repel, repulse (class.).

I.

Lit.:

lupos,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9:

hostem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49:

populum ab ingressione fori,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9:

et aquas hiemis et vapores aestatis propulsare radicibus,

Col. 3, 15, 4; 7, 12, 3.— Absol.:

ibi resistere ac propulsare,

Sall. J. 51, 1.—

II.

Trop., to ward off, avert, repel:

frigus, famem propulsare,

Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 71:

periculum capitis legum praesidio,

id. Clu. 52, 144:

suspicionem a se,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

bellum ab urbe ac moenibus,

Liv. 3, 69; 28, 44:

morbos exquisitis remediis,

Col. 6, 5:

violentiam vini,

Gell. 15, 2, 6:

praesidio vim propulsaturus,

Curt. 10, 8, 4.