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1 depopulo
dēpŏpŭlo, āre, v. the follg. fin. -
2 depopulo
depopulare, depopulavi, depopulatus V TRANSsack/plunder/pillage/rob/despoil; ravage/devastate/destroy/lay waste; overgraze -
3 depopulo
depopulorto lay waste, ravage, devastate. -
4 depopulor
dē-pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage (class.).I.Prop.:II.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:► a.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.):b.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.