dē-pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage (class.).
I Prop.: ut Ambiorigis fines depopularentur, Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin. ; cf.: ad fines depopulandos, id. ib. 7, 64, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24, 4; Liv. 10, 12 al.: agros, Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36; Liv. 5, 4 fin. et saep.; cf.: extrema agri Romani, Liv. 4, 1: eam regionem, Caes. B. G. 6, 33, 2: vicinam humum late, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 56 et saep.: multas domos, plurimas urbes, omnia fana, Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11: quos fidos nobis rebatur, Tac. A. 13, 37.—
II Transf., in gen., to waste, lay waste, dissipate, destroy, sweep away : quos impune depopulatur et dispoliatur dedecus, Afran. ap. Non. 480, 13: Cerealia dona, Ov. F. 1, 684: hereditates, Dig. 47, 4, 1: in qua (sc. urbe) omne mortalium genus vis pestilentiae depopulabatur, Tac. A. 16, 13: aras, Vulg. Osee, 10, 2.☞
a Active form dēpopulo , āre: agros audaces depopulant servi, Enn. ap. Non. 471, 19 (Trag. v. 3 Rib.): macellum, Caecil. ib. 18 (Com. v. 13 Rib.): agros provinciamque, Auct. B. Hisp. 42, 6: greges, Val. Fl. 6, 531.—
b depopulor , ari, in pass. signif.: communi latrocinio terra omnis depopulabitur, Lact. Ira D. 16 fin. : depopulata est regio, Vulg. Joel, 1, 10. In class. lang. only in the Part. perf. : depopulatis agris, laid waste , Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 4: depopulata Gallia, id. ib. 7, 77, 14; late depopulato agro, Liv. 9, 36: omnis ora maritima depopulata ab Achaeis erat, 37, 4: regiones, id. 10, 15 et saep.; Justin. 42, 2; Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.