populatio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pŏpŭlātĭo: ōnis, f. populor,
I a laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation, etc. (not in Cic.).
I Lit.: populationem effuse facere, Liv. 2, 64.—In plur.: populationibus incursionibusque, Liv. 3, 3 fin.: hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque prohibere, Caes. B. G. 1, 15.—
   B Transf.
   1    Concr., things plundered, plunder, booty: Veientes pleni populationum, Liv. 2, 43.—
   2    A ravaging, destroying done by animals: a populatione murium formicarumque frumenta defendere, Col. 2, 20; so, volucrum, id. 3, 21.—
II Trop., destruction, corruption, ruin (post-Aug.): morum, Plin. 9, 34, 53, § 104; of ruin through luxury, Col. 1, 5, 7.
pŏpŭlātĭo: ōnis, f. 1. populus,
I population; concr., a people, a multitude (late Lat.): flebat populatio praesens, Sedul. 4, 275.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pŏpŭlātĭō,¹⁰ ōnis, f. (populor),
1 action de ravager ; ravages des troupes] ; déprédation, dégât : Cæs. G. 1, 15, 4 ; Liv. 2, 64, 4 ; 3, 3, 3
2 butin, dépouilles : pleni populationum Liv. 2, 43, gorgés de butin
3 [fig.] corruption, ruine, destruction : Plin. 9, 104.