perpello
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
per-pello: pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a.,
I to strike or push violently.
I Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., for in Cic. Cæl. 15, 36, the true reading is pepulerunt): nixurit, qui niti vult, et in conatu saepius aliquā re perpellitur, Nigid. ap. Non. 144, 21.—
II Trop., to drive, urge, force, compel, constrain, prevail upon: perpulit, persuasit, impulit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 216 Müll. (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.; in Curt. always with ut): si animus hominem perpulit, actum est; animo servibit, non sibi: sin ipse animum perpulit, dum vixit, victor victorum cluet, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24: ad deditionem, Liv. 32, 14: callidum senem callidis dolis compuli et perpuli, ut. etc., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4: numquam destitit Suadere, orare, usque adeo, donec perpulit, Ter. And. 4, 1, 38: Aulum spe pactionis perpulerat, ut, etc., Sall. J. 38, 2; Liv. 2, 61: nec perpelli potuere ut, etc., id. 2, 53: perpellit, ut legatos ad Scipionem mittat, id. 29, 23; 32, 32: aliquem perpellere ne, etc., Sall. C. 26, 4.—With obj.-clause (so perh. only in Tac.): Mithridates Pharasmanem perpulit dolo et vi conatus suos juvare, Tac. A. 6, 39 (33); 11, 29; 13, 54.—
2 To impress deeply, make an impression on, influence: candor hujus te et proceritas, voltus oculique perpulerunt, Cic. Cael. 15, 36.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
perpellō,¹¹ pŭlī, pulsum, ĕre, tr.,
1 pousser, ébranler : Nigid. d. Non. 144, 21
2 [fig.] a) ébranler, émouvoir profondément : Cic. Cæl. 36 ; b) décider à, déterminer à : ad rem Liv. 32, 14, décider à qqch. ; aliquem ut, ne Sall. J. 38, 2 ; C. 26, 4, décider qqn à, à ne pas, cf. Liv. 29, 23 ; 32, 32
