paupĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pauper], to make poor, to impoverish (ante- and post-class., and once in Hor.).
I Lit.: boni viri me pauperant, improbi alunt, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 27; Titin. ap. Non. 157, 9; cf. Varr. ib. 11: defectio civium pauperatorum, Sid. Ep. 6, 12.—
II Transf.: aliquem aliquā re, to rob or deprive one of any thing (= spoliare, privare): quam ego tantā pauperavi per dolum pecuniā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 157, 7: dominum pretio, id. Mil. 3, 1, 134: aliquem cassā nuce, Hor. S. 2, 5, 36: luna pauperata luminibus, Firm. Math. 1, 2.