spolio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

spoliō āvī, ātus, āre

spolium, to strip, uncover, bare, unclothe : Phalarim vestitu: spoliari hominem iubent, L.: Gallum caesum torque, L.: iacentem veste, N.— To rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, deprive, despoil, strip, impoverish : (Mars) saepe spoliantem evertit, the spoiler : spoliatis effossisque domibus, Cs.: delubra, S.: orbem terrarum: spoliari fortunis: ut Gallia omni nobilitate spoliaretur, Cs.: vetere exercitu provinciam, L.: te pudicā Coniuge, O.: ea philosophia, quae spoliat nos iudicio: illum vitā, V.: hiemps spoliata capillos, stripped of his locks , O.