dē-pŏpŭlor

pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1. v. dep., and pŏpŭlo, āre, v. a. [1. populus; prop. to spread or pour out in a multitude over a region; hence, transf. to the result], to lay waste, ravage, devastate, desolate; to spoil, plunder, pillage (class.; syn.: vasto, vexo, diripio).

Lit.

Form populor: Romanus exercitus insulam integram urit, populatur, vastat, Naev. ap. Non. 90, 29:

noctu populabatur agros,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33:

Remorum agros,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

arva ferro populatur et igni,

Luc. 2, 445; so,

omnia igni ferroque populatus,

Flor. 2, 17, 16:

consules Aequos populantur,

Liv. 3, 23 fin. —

Form populo (in Cicero only in part. perf. pass.): patriam populavit meam, Pac. ap. Non. 39, 32: agrum populare coeperunt, Quadrig. ib. 471, 20:

litora vestra Vi populat,

Verg. A. 12, 263:

Penates,

id. ib. 1, 527. —In pass.:

urbem Romanam deūm irā morbo populari,

Liv. 3, 6; 3, 3 fin.:

populata vexataque provincia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 122; cf.:

Siculi nunc populati atque vexati,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2:

arva Marte populata nostro,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 23:

populatis messibus,

Plin. 8, 55, 81.—

Transf., in gen., to destroy, ruin, spoil (mostly poet. and in the active form), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.:

populatque ingentem farris acervum Curculio,

Verg. G. 1, 185:

capillos,

Ov. M. 2, 319:

feris populandas tradere gentes,

id. ib. 1, 249:

populata tempora raptis Auribus,

mutilated, deprived of, Verg. A. 6, 496:

populatum exspuit hamum,

robbed of the bait, Ov. Hal. 36.—In a deponent form:

quisque suum populatus iter,

Verg. A. 12, 525:

iter,

Sil. 3, 445:

formam populabitur aetas,

Ov. Med. Fac. 45:

(ventus in Aetnā) Putria multivagis populatur flatibus antra,

lays waste, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 176.

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dē-pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage (class.).

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.—

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.

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.—

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.

ex-pīlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to pillage, rob, plunder (class.; syn.: privo, orbo, compilo, spolio, diripio, populor, vasto, praedor).

Lit.:

si socios spolias, aerarium expilas,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 27:

ad expilandos socios diripiendasque provincias,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

fana,

id. Off. 3, 23:

armarium,

id. Clu. 64, 181:

thesauros,

Liv. 31, 12, 3: rem hereditariam, [p. 695] Dig. 29, 2, 21; cf.:

expilatae hereditatis,

Dig. 47, tit. 19.—

Trop.:

sumenda sunt nobis ab iis ipsis, a quibus expilati sumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123.

pŏpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [populor], a laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation, etc. (not in Cic.).

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.—

Transf.

Concr., things plundered, plunder, booty:

Veientes pleni populationum,

Liv. 2, 43.—

A ravaging, destroying done by animals:

a populatione murium formicarumque frumenta defendere,

Col. 2, 20; so,

volucrum,

id. 3, 21.—

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], population; concr., a people, a multitude (late Lat.):

flebat populatio praesens,

Sedul. 4, 275.

pŏpŭlātor, ōris, m. [populor], a devastator, destroyer, ravager, spoiler, plunderer (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

agrorum,

Liv. 3, 68 fin.:

Trojae (Atrides),

Ov. M. 13, 655.— Poet., transf.:

Tuscae glandis aper,

Mart. 7, 27, 1:

Calabri arvi Sirius,

Val. Fl. 1, 683.—

Trop., a destroyer, consumer:

luxus populator opum,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 35:

civitatis,

Quint. Decl. 12, 24 fin.; Luc. 4, 92.

Pŏpŭlōnĭa, ae, f. [populor] (she who protects against devastation), a surname of Juno, Macr. S. 3, 11; Arn. 3, 118; Mart. Cap. 2, § 149; Sen. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 10 fin.

Pŏpŭlōnĭa, ae, f., also Pŏpŭlō-nĭum, ĭi, n., and Pŏpŭlōnĭi, ōrum, m., a town on the coast of Etruria, now the ruins of Poplonia, near Piombino. —Form Populonia, Verg. A. 10, 172; Mel. 2, 4, 9:

Populonium,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50:

Populonii,

Liv. 30, 39, 2.—Hence,

Pŏpŭlōnĭen-ses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Populonia, the Populonians, Liv. 28, 45.

Pŏpŭlōnĭa, ae, f. [populor] (she who protects against devastation), a surname of Juno, Macr. S. 3, 11; Arn. 3, 118; Mart. Cap. 2, § 149; Sen. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 10 fin.

Pŏpŭlōnĭa, ae, f., also Pŏpŭlō-nĭum, ĭi, n., and Pŏpŭlōnĭi, ōrum, m., a town on the coast of Etruria, now the ruins of Poplonia, near Piombino. —Form Populonia, Verg. A. 10, 172; Mel. 2, 4, 9:

Populonium,

Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50:

Populonii,

Liv. 30, 39, 2.—Hence,

Pŏpŭlōnĭen-ses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Populonia, the Populonians, Liv. 28, 45.