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com-pello ( conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., 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.—

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.

compello ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [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.

com-pello ( conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., 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.—

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.

compello ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [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.