spolio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

spŏlĭo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. spolium,
I to strip, to deprive of covering, rob of clothing.
I In gen. (rare but class.; syn. exuo): Phalarim vestitu spoliare, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29: consules spoliari hominem et virgas expediri jubent, Liv. 2, 55 Drak.; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86: Papirius spoliari magistrum equitum ac virgas et secures expediri jussit, Liv. 8, 32; cf. also, Val. Max. 2, 7, 8: corpus caesi hostis, Liv. 7, 26: cadaver, Luc. 7, 627: Gallum caesum torque, Liv. 6, 42: corpus jacentis uno torque, id. 7, 10: jacentem veste, Nep. Thras. 2, 6: folliculos leguminum, to strip off, Petr. 135.—
II Pregn., to rob, plunder, pillage, spoil; to deprive, despoil; usually: aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to deprive or rob one of something (the predominant signif. of the word; syn. praedor).
   (a)    With acc.: Chrysalus me miserum spoliavit, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 8: meos perduelles, id. Ps. 2, 1, 8: spoliatis effossisque domibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 42 fin.: fana sociorum, Cic. Sull. 25, 71: delubra, Sall. C. 11, 6: templa, Luc. 3, 167; 5, 305: pars spoliant aras, Verg. A. 5, 661: deos, Luc. 1, 379; Quint. 6, 1, 3: spoliare et nudare monumenta antiquissima, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14: pudicitiam, id. Cael. 18, 42: dignitatem, id. ib. 2, 3: spoliata fortuna, id. Pis. 16, 38.—
   (b)    Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re: spoliatur lumine terra, Lucr. 4, 377: caput, i. e. of hair, Petr. 108: spoliari fortunis, Cic. Planc. 9, 22: Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es, id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: ut Gallia omni nobilitate spoliaretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: provinciam vetere exercitu, Liv. 40, 35: spoliata armis navis, Verg. A. 6, 353: magistro, id. ib. 5, 224: corpus spoliatum lumine, id. ib. 12, 935: Scylla sociis spoliavit Ulixen, Ov. M. 14, 71: penetralia donis, id. ib. 12, 246; 11, 514: te spoliare pudicā Conjuge, id. P. 4, 11, 8: ea philosophia, quae spoliat nos judicio, privat approbatione, omnibus orbat sensibus, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61: regem regno, id. Rep. 1, 42, 65: aliquem dignitate, id. Mur. 41, 88; Caes. B. G. 7, 66: probatum hominem famā, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77: aliquem ornamento quodam, id. de Or. 2, 33, 144: aliquem vitā, Verg. A. 6, 168: spoliare atque orbare forum voce eruditā, Cic. Brut. 2, 6 et saep.: juris civilis scientiam, ornatu suo spoliare atque denudare, Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—*
   (g)    In a Greek construction: hiems spoliata capillos, stripped of his locks, Ov. M. 15, 213.—
   (d)    Absol.: si spoliorum causā vis hominem occidere, spoliasti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145.—Hence, * spŏlĭātus, a, um, P. a., plundered, despoiled: nihil illo regno spoliatius, more impoverished, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

spŏliō,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre (spolium), tr.,
1 dépouiller [du vêtement], déshabiller : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 86 ; Liv. 2, 55, 5 ; 8, 32, 10
2 dépouiller, déposséder ; aliquem aliqua re Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, etc., dépouiller qqn de qqch. || dévaliser : fana Cic. Sulla 71, etc., dépouiller, dévaliser les temples ; hospitium spoliatum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, l’hospitalité dépouillée (= un hôte dépouillé)
3 prendre comme dépouille, ravir : dignitatem Cic. Cæl. 3, ravir l’honneur de qqn ; cf. Cic. Cæl. 42 ; Pis. 38. forme dépon. spoliantur Enn. Ann. 619 = spoliant.

Latin > German (Georges)

spolio, āvī, ātum, āre (spolium), I) einen ausziehen, entkleiden, der Kleider berauben, alqm, Cic.: corpus caesi hostis, Liv.: übtr., dentibus folliculos, mit den Z. abziehen, enthülsen, Petron. – II) prägn., berauben, plündern, delubra, fana sociorum, Cic.: fana atque domos, Sall.: corpus, Curt.: sese (sich selbst), Cic.: hominem, Cic. – m. Abl., alqm argento, Cic.: alqm regno paterno atque avito, Cic.: alqm vitā Verg., dignitate, Cic.: omnibus rebus spoliari, Iustin. – m. lebl. Obj.: passus est virtutem Romanam ab Gallo turpiter spoliari, bloßgestellt werde, Cl. Quadr. fr. bei Gell. 9, 13, 14: poet. m. Acc. resp., hiems spoliata suos capillos, Ov. met. 15, 213. – absol., dispersi per municipia et colonias Vitelliani spoliare, rapere, vi et stupris polluere, Tac. hist. 2, 56. – / Depon. Nbf. spolior, wov. spoliantur eos, Enn. ann. 619 (bei Donat. 394, 8 K. Pompeii comment. 291, 25 K. Serg. expl. in Donat. 564, 1 K.).