compel Copy link Outline 1. cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum., 3 (with inf. or ut and subj)2. compello, pŭli, pulsum, 3 (generally with ad or in3. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. similar to 2)4. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (usu. to c. to take an oath; with jusjurandum or sacramentum in acc. or abl.) • compel: 1. cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum., 3 (with inf. or ut and subj): he could not be c.'d to fight, cogi pugnare non poterat, Liv.: I began to c. him by force to return, vi cepi c. ut rediret, Ter.: the infin. is sometimes omitted: to what do you not c. mortal breasts, accursed greed of gold, quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra fames? Virg. 2. compello, pŭli, pulsum, 3 (generally with ad or in: rarely with ut or inf.): to c. any one to surrender by hunger, ad deditionem fame c., Suet.: I am c.'d by injuries to this state of feeling, in hunc sensum compellor injuriis, Cic.: to c. any one to submit to abominable commands, c. aliquem jussa nefanda pati, Ov.: I c.'d and constrained the cunning old man to entrust everything to me, callidum senem compuli et perpuli ut mihi omnia crederet, Pl. 3. sŭbĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (constr. similar to 2): he could not be c.'d to declare his accomplices, ut ederet socios subigi non potuit, Tac.: he c.'d the Volsci to surrender, ad deditionem Volscos subegit, Liv.: he had c.'d the people of Tarquinii by fear to furnish the army with corn, Tarquinienses metu sub gerat frumentum exercitui praebere, Liv. 4. ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (usu. to c. to take an oath; with jusjurandum or sacramentum in acc. or abl.): all being c.'d to take the oath., omnibus jusjurandum adactis, Caes.; also, jurejurando adactis, Liv.: sometimes with in verba (= jusjurandum): the province being c.'d to take the oath of allegiance to Vitellius, provincia in verba Vitellii adacta, Tac.