depleo
From LSJ
τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-plĕo: ēvi, 2,
I v. a., to empty out, to draw off (very rare): oleum, Cato R. R. 64 fin.; Col. 12, 50, 8, and 10: sanguinem, to let blood, to bleed, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 148; for which, d. animal, Veg. A. V. 1, 13, 4.— Poet., to exhaust, haustu fontes, Stat. Ach. 1, 8: vitam querelis, Manil. 4, 13.
