dēpĕcūlātus

dē-pĕcūlor, ātus (and old Act. fut. infin. depeculassere, Lucil. ap. Non. 97, 9; cf. Neue, Form. 2, 421, and v. infra), 1, v. dep. a. [peculium], to despoil, pillage, rifle, plunder, embezzle (very rare).

Prop.:

Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17.—

Trop.:

laudem honoremque alicujus,

i. e. to detract from, diminish, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36.

signif.: ubi senatus intellexit populum depeculari (aposulousthai), Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

me impune irrisum esse habitum, depeculatum eis,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83 (dub. v. depeculatus).

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spŏlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spolium], to strip, to deprive of covering, rob of clothing.

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.—

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).

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.—

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.—

In a Greek construction:

hiems spoliata capillos,

stripped of his locks, Ov. M. 15, 213.—

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.