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compello (conp- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1. compello; cf. 2. appello, āre, from 1. appello, ĕre, and jugare, from root of jungo,
I.to accost one.
I. 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.—
II. 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).
A. 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.—
B. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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