depopulor

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.

depopulor

to lay waste, ravage, devastate.

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