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  • 1 populō

        populō āvī, ātus, āre    [SCAL-], to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage, spoil: litora vestra Vi, V.: Penates, V.: arva, H.: urbem deūm irā morbo, L.— To destroy, ruin, spoil: populat ingentem farris acervum Curculio, V.: capillos, O.: populata tempora raptis Auribus, mutilated, V.: populatus hamus, robbed of the bait, O.
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    populare, populavi, populatus V TRANS
    ravage, devastate, lay waste; plunder; despoil, strip

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  • 2 populor

        populor ātus, ārī, dep.    [SCAL-], to lay waste, ravage, devastate, spoil, plunder, pillage: Remorum agros, Cs.: urbīs et agros Galliae: Aequos, L.— To destroy, ruin, spoil: quisque suum populatus iter, V.: formam populabitur aetas, O.
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    populari, populatus sum V DEP
    ravage, devastate, lay waste; plunder; despoil, strip

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  • 3 raptō

        raptō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [rapio], to seize and carry off, snatch, drag, hurry away: curru quadriiugo raptarier, dragged along, Enn. ap. C.: Hector raptatus bigis, V.: alqd Per silvam, V.: arbitrio raptatur equorum, O.: raptata coniux (sc. ad tabulam Valeriam).— To ravage, plunder: adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas, Ta.—Fig., to drag, hale, arraign: quid raptem in crimina divos? Pr.
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    raptare, raptavi, raptatus V
    drag violently off; ravage

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  • 4 vāstō

        vāstō āvī, ātus, āre    [vastus], to make empty, deprive of occupants, desert, vacate, void, empty, lay waste, desolate, ravage, devastate, destroy: cum equitatus vastandi causā se in agros eiecerat, Cs.: Italiam: vastati agri sunt, L.: pati terram stirpium asperitate vastari, to lie waste: partem provinciae incursionibus, Cs.: Omnia late, V.: Poenorum tumultu Fana, H.: cultoribus agros, V.: cultores, Ta.—Fig.: ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat, perplexed, S.
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    vastare, vastavi, vastatus V
    lay waste, ravage, devastate

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  • 5 dē-populor

        dē-populor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to lay waste, ravage, plunder, pillage: Ambiorigis finīs, Cs.: agros, L.: extrema agri Romani, L.: domos, fana: omne mortalium genus (of pestilence), Ta.—P. pass.: depopulatis agris, laid waste, Cs.: regiones, L.— To waste, destroy (poet.): Cerealia dona, O.

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  • 6 dīripiō

        dīripiō uī, eptus, ere    [dis- + rapio], to tear asunder, tear in pieces: Cum diripereris equis, O.: membra manibus nefandis, O.: dapes, V.— To lay waste, ravage, spoil, plunder, pillage: bona eorum, Cs.: oppidum, Cs.: captas urbīs, L.: diripiendas civitates dare, Cs.: direpta domus, V.: praedas imperatores cum paucis diripiebant, seized and divided, S.: aras, strip, V.: mella, steal, V.— To tear away, snatch away: Vaginā ensem, V.: direpta leoni Pellis erat, O.
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    diripere, diripui, direptus V
    tear apart/to pieces/asunder; lay waste, plunder, pillage; seize and divide

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  • 7 ferō

        ferō tulī (tetulī, T., Ct.), lātus, ferre    [1 FER-; TAL-], to bear, carry, support, lift, hold, take up: aliquid, T.: arma, Cs.: sacra Iunonis, H.: cadaver umeris, H.: Pondera tanta, O.: oneri ferendo est, able to carry, O.: pedes ferre recusant Corpus, H.: in Capitolium faces: ventrem ferre, to be pregnant, L.: (eum) in oculis, to hold dear.—To carry, take, fetch, move, bear, lead, conduct, drive, direct: pisciculos obolo in cenam seni, T.: Caelo supinas manūs, raisest, H.: ire, pedes quocumque ferent, H.: opertā lecticā latus per oppidum: signa ferre, put in motion, i. e. march, Cs.: huc pedem, come, T.: pedem, stir, V.: ferunt sua flamina classem, V.: vagos gradūs, O.: mare per medium iter, pursue, V.: quo ventus ferebat, drove, Cs.: vento mora ne qua ferenti, i. e. when it should blow, V.: itinera duo, quae ad portum ferebant, led, Cs.: si forte eo vestigia ferrent, L.: corpus et arma tumulo, V.—Prov.: In silvam non ligna feras, coals to Newcastle, H.—With se, to move, betake oneself, hasten, rush: mihi sese obviam, meet: me tempestatibus obvium: magnā se mole ferebat, V.: ad eum omni studio incitatus ferebatur, Cs.: alii perterriti ferebantur, fled, Cs.: pubes Fertur equis, V.: (fera) supra venabula fertur, springs, V.: quocumque feremur, are driven: in eam (tellurem) feruntur pondera: Rhenus per finīs Nantuatium fertur, flows, Cs.—Praegn., to carry off, take by force, snatch, plunder, spoil, ravage: rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, V.: puer fertur equis, V.— To bear, produce, yield: quae terra fruges ferre possit: flore terrae quem ferunt, H. — To offer, bring (as an oblation): Sacra matri, V.: tura superis, O.— To get, receive, acquire, obtain, earn, win: donum, T.: fructūs ex sese: partem praedae: crucem pretium sceleris, Iu.: Plus poscente, H.—Fig., to bear, carry, hold, support: vina, quae vetustatem ferunt, i. e. are old: Scripta vetustatem si ferent, attain, O.: Insani sapiens nomen ferat, be called, H.: finis alienae personae ferendae, bearing an assumed character, L.: secundas (partīs), support, i. e. act as a foil, H.— To bring, take, carry, render, lead, conduct: mi auxilium, bring help: alcui subsidium, Cs.: condicionem, proffer, Cs.: matri obviae complexum, L.: fidem operi, procure, V.: mortem illis: ego studio ad rem p. latus sum, S.: numeris fertur (Pindar) solutis, H.: laudibus alquem in caelum, praise: (rem) supra quam fieri possit, magnify: virtutem, ad caelum, S.: in maius incertas res, L.— To prompt, impel, urge, carry away: crudelitate et scelere ferri, be carried away: furiatā mente ferebar, V.: quo animus fert, inclination leads, S.: si maxime animus ferat, S.: fert animus dicere, impels, O.— To carry off, take away, remove: Omnia fert aetas, V.—With se, to carry, conduct: Quem sese ore ferens! boasting, V.: ingentem sese clamore, paraded, V.— To bear, bring forth, produce: haec aetas oratorem tulit: tulit Camillum paupertas, H.— To bear away, win, carry off, get, obtain, receive: omnium iudicio primas: ex Etruscā civitate victoriam, L.: laudem inter suos, Cs.: centuriam, tribūs, get the votes: Omne tulit punctum, H.: repulsam a populo, experience: Haud inpune feres, escape, O.— To bear, support, meet, experience, take, put up with, suffer, tolerate, endure: alcius desiderium: voltum atque aciem oculorum, Cs.: multa tulit fecitque puer, H.: iniurias civium, N.: quem ferret, si parentem non ferret suom? brook, T.: tui te diutius non ferent: dolores fortiter: iniurias tacite: rem aegerrume, S.: tacite eius verecundiam non tulit senatus, quin, etc., i. e. did not let it pass, without, etc., L.: servo nubere nympha tuli, O.: moleste tulisti, a me aliquid factum esse, etc.: gravissime ferre se dixit me defendere, etc.: non ferrem moleste, si ita accidisset: casum per lamenta, Ta.: de Lentulo sic fero, ut debeo: moleste, quod ego nihil facerem, etc.: cum mulier fleret, homo ferre non potuit: iratus atque aegre ferens, T.: patior et ferendum puto: non tulit Alcides animis, control himself, V.—Of feeling or passion, to bear, experience, disclose, show, exhibit: dolorem paulo apertius: id obscure: haud clam tulit iram, L.—In the phrase, Prae se ferre, to manifest, profess, show, display, declare: cuius rei facultatem secutum me esse, prae me fero: noli, quaero, prae te ferre, vos esse, etc.: speciem doloris voltu prae se tulit, Ta.—Of speech, to report, relate, make known, assert, celebrate, say, tell: haec omnibus ferebat sermonibus, Cs.: pugnam laudibus, L.: quod fers, cedo, say, T.: quae nunc Samothracia fertur, is called, V.: si ipse... acturum se id per populum aperte ferret, L.: homo ut ferebant, acerrimus, as they said: si, ut fertur, etc., as is reported: non sat idoneus Pugnae ferebaris, were accounted, H.: utcumque ferent ea facta minores, will regard, V.: hunc inventorem artium ferunt, they call, Cs.: multa eius responsa acute ferebantur, were current: quem ex Hyperboreis Delphos ferunt advenisse: qui in contione dixisse fertur.—Of votes, to cast, give in, record, usu. with suffragium or sententiam: de me suffragium: sententiam per tabellam (of judges): aliis audientibus iudicibus, aliis sententiam ferentibus, i. e. passing judgment, Cs.: in senatu de bello sententiam.—Of a law or resolution, to bring forward, move, propose, promote: legem: lege latā: nihil erat latum de me: de interitu meo quaestionem: rogationes ad populum, Cs.: te ad populum tulisse, ut, etc., proposed a bill: de isto foedere ad populum: cum, ut absentis ratio haberetur, ferebamus.— Impers: lato ad populum, ut, etc., L.— With iudicem, to offer, propose as judge: quem ego si ferrem iudicem, etc.: iudicem illi, propose a judge to, i. e. go to law with, L.—In book-keeping, to enter, set down, note: minus quam Verres illi expensum tulerit, etc., i. e. set down as paid.—To require, demand, render necessary, allow, permit, suffer: dum aetatis tempus tulit, T.: si tempus ferret: incepi dum res tetulit, nunc non fert, T.: graviora verba, quam natura fert: sicut hominum religiones ferunt: ut aetas illa fert, as is usual at that time of life: si ita commodum vestrum fert: si vestra voluntas feret, if such be your pleasure: uti fors tulit, S.: natura fert, ut, etc.
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    ferre, tuli, latus V
    bring, bear; tell speak of; consider; carry off, win, receive, produce; get

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  • 8 īnfēnsō

        īnfēnsō —, —, āre    [infensus], to treat in a hostile manner, ravage: bello Armeniam, Ta.— To be hostile: quasi infensantibus Dis, Ta.
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    infensare, infensavi, infensatus V

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  • 9 ob-terō (opt-)

        ob-terō (opt-) trīvī    (subj plup. obtrīsset, L.), trītus, ere, to bruise, crush: ranas, Ph.: in angustiis portarum obtriti, crushed by the crowd, L.— Fig., to crush, trample, degrade, disgrace, ravage, destroy: calumniam: obtrectationes: militem verbis, degrade, L.: volgi omne cadaver, Iu.

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  • 10 pāscō

        pāscō pāvī, pāstus, ere    [PA-], to cause to eat, feed, supply with food: bestias: plures calones atque caballi Pascendi, H.— To feed, nourish, maintain, support: holusculis nos, feed with vegetables: quos dives Anagnia pascit, V.: servos, Iu.: volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (me), V.— To pasture, drive to pasture, attend: sues: greges armentaque, O.: non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis, V.— Pass, to be fed, feed, graze, pasture: si pulli non pascentur, L.: pascitur in magnā Silā iuvenca, V.: carice pastus acutā, V.: iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo, chews the cud, O. — To feed, supply, cherish, cultivate, let grow: barbam, H.: paverunt Pergama flammas, fed, O.: polus dum sidera pascet, feeds (with vapors), V.: nummos alienos, pile up debts, H.— To pasture, give as pasture: asperrima (collium), V.— To graze, browse: pascentes capellae, V.: saltibus in vacuis, V.: mala gramina, V.: apes arbuta, V.— To consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate: vestros campos, L.—Fig., to feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify: oculos, T.: quos Clodi furor incendiis pavit: supplicio oculos: animum picturā, V.: spes inanīs, cherish, V.: his ego rebus pascor, his delector, feast myself: maleficio et scelere pascuntur, live by: Pascere nostro dolore, O.
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    pascere, pavi, pastus V
    feed, feed on; graze

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  • 11 rapiō

        rapiō puī (old fut perf. rapsit, C.), raptus, ere    [RAP-], to seize and carry off, snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away: sublimen intro hunc rape, T.: quo fessum rapitis? V.: Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, H.: sumasne pudenter An rapias, snatch, H.: ab aede rapuit funale, O.: de volnere telum, V.: commeatum in navīs rapiunt, L.: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit, i. e. break off boughs of trees (in collecting wood), V.: in ius, drag before a court, H.: ob facinus ad supplicium, hale: alii ad necem rapiebantur: ad stuprum matres, L.: (infantes) ab ubere rapti, V.: nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divom rapiam, drag into open day, H.: Nasonis carmina rapti, i. e. torn from his home, O.— To hurry, impel, drive, cause to hasten: Quattuor hinc rapimur raedis, H.: per aequora navem, V.: ventis per aequora, O.: missos currūs, H.: arma rapiat iuventus, snatch, V.: arma, O.: bipennem dextrā, V.: rapiuntque ruuntque, hurry and bustle, V.—With pron reflex., to make haste, hasten, hurry, fly: ocius hinc te Ni rapis, H.: se ad caedem optimi cuiusque.— To carry off by force, seize, rob, ravish, plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by storm: spes rapiendi occaecat animos: semper rapiens, semper ebrius: raptas ad litora vertere praedas, V.: rapere omnes trahere, S.: vivere latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset: virgines, to abduct, S.: Arsit Atrides Virgine raptā, H.: Omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, pillage and plunder, V.: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, L.— To carry off suddenly, snatch away, destroy: improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes, H.: rapto de fratre dolens, H.: Et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis, i. e. hurries on, V.— To take, catch, assume: flammam, catch quickly, V.: nigrum colorem, O.: Virga... Vim rapuit monstri, imbibed, O.— To lead on hurriedly: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populus, leads hastily on, V.: Nec rapit inmensos orbīs per humum, sweeps along, V.—Fig., to snatch away, carry along, hurry away: ipsae res verba rapiunt, carry along with them: (comoediam) in peiorem partem, i. e. misrepresent, T.: Si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve, V.: almum Quae rapit hora diem, snatches away, H.: simul tecum solacia rapta, V. — To drive, impel, carry away, precipitate, transport, ravish, captivate, overwhelm, draw irresistibly: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā studioque rapi: semper eo tractus est, quo libido rapuit: amentiā rapi: Furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa? H.: animum In partīs rapit varias, turns hurriedly, V.: ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur.— To seize by violence, snatch, steal: Hippodameam raptis nanctu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. C.: Venerem incertam, H.: sed rapiat sitiens Venerem, but may eagerly seize upon, V.— To snatch, seize quickly, hasten, precipitate: rapienda occasio, Iu.: viam, hasten, O.: ut limis rapias, quid velit, etc., may hastily note, H.: raptae prope inter arma nuptiae, L.
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    rapere, rapui, raptus V
    drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

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  • 12 depopulo

    depopulare, depopulavi, depopulatus V TRANS
    sack/plunder/pillage/rob/despoil; ravage/devastate/destroy/lay waste; overgraze

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  • 13 depopulor

    depopulari, depopulatus sum V DEP
    sack/plunder/pillage/rob/despoil; ravage/devastate/destroy/lay waste; overgraze

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  • 14 perpopulor

    perpopulari, perpopulatus sum V DEP
    ravage, devastate completely

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  • 15 depopulo

    depopulor
    to lay waste, ravage, devastate.

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  • 16 depraedor

    to plunder, lay waste, pillage, ravage.

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  • 17 depredor

    to plunder, lay waste, pillage, ravage.

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  • 18 depopulor

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

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  • 19 depraedor

    dē-praedor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. collat. form depraedaverunt, Ambros. de Fide, 2, 3), to plunder, pillage, ravage (postclass.;

    for praedor, depopulor): agros,

    Just. 24, 6, 3; Ap. M. 8, p. 215; Vulg. Job, 24, 9; id. Isa. 33, 1.—In pass. signif.: agri, depraedati, Dict. Cretens. 2, 16 Deder. N. cr.

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  • 20 diripio

    dī-rĭpĭo, ŭi, eptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to tear asunder, tear in pieces (class.).
    I.
    In gen. (rarely):

    Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 1:

    Hippolytum (equi),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 338; id. F. 5, 310:

    nec opinantes (leae),

    Lucr. 5, 1319:

    membra manibus nefandis,

    Ov. M. 3, 731 et saep.:

    venti diripiunt fretum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 367. —
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Milit. t. t., to lay waste, ravage, spoil, plunder an enemy's territory or possessions (so most freq.):

    bona alicujus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 3, 1; 7, 42, 3; 7, 43, 2:

    magnum numerum frumenti commeatusque,

    id. ib. 7, 38, 9:

    impedimenta,

    id. ib. 2, 17, 3:

    naves more praedonum,

    id. B. C. 3, 112, 3:

    praedas bellicas,

    Sall. J. 41, 7 et saep.:

    oppidum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2; 3, 80 fin.:

    urbes,

    Liv. 37, 32 fin.:

    tecta,

    id. 5, 41:

    templa hostiliter,

    id. 37, 21; cf.:

    castra hostiliter,

    id. 2, 14; and:

    oppida hostiliter,

    Suet. Caes. 54:

    civitates,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 31 fin.:

    provincias,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

    patriam,

    id. Att. 8, 2, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    With personal objects:

    Eburones,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 8; 6, 35, 4:

    Lusitanos,

    Nep. Cato, 3, 4:

    ab hostibus diripi,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 4; cf. id. B. C. 2, 12, 4 al.—
    2.
    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, to destroy, to rob:

    (Harpyiae) diripiunt dapes,

    Verg. A. 3, 227:

    supellectilem,

    Suet. Ner. 11.—
    B.
    To struggle, strive, contend for a thing (post-Aug.):

    talos jecit in medium, quos pueri diripere coeperant,

    Quint. 6, 1, 47: editum librum, to buy up rapidly, Suet. Vita Pers. fin. —Of persons:

    diripitur ille toto foro patronus,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 7; so,

    Timagenem, id. de Ira, 3, 23: Homerum (urbes),

    Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 131:

    matrem avidis complexibus ambo,

    id. Th. 5, 722:

    te potentiores per convivia,

    Mart. 7, 76.—
    C.
    To tear away, snatch away:

    direpto ex capite regni insigni et lacerata veste,

    Curt. 7, 5, 24:

    ferrum a latere,

    Tac. A. 1, 35; Hor. C. 3, 5, 21 Stallb. (al. derepta). —
    III.
    Trop., of the mind and feelings, to distract, distress:

    differor, distrahor, diripior,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5.

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  • Ravage — Rav age (r[a^]v [asl]j; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See {Rapacious}, {Ravish}.] Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ravage — [rav′ij] n. [Fr < OFr ravir: see RAVISH] 1. the act or practice of violently destroying; destruction 2. [usually pl.] ruin; devastating damage [the ravages of time] vt. ravaged, ravaging [Fr ravager < RAVAGE the n.] …   English World dictionary

  • Ravage — Rav age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged} (r[a^]v [asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravaging} (r[a^]v [asl]*j[i^]ng).] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ravage — (v.) 1610s, from Fr. ravager lay waste, devastate, from O.Fr. ravage destruction, especially by flood, 14c., from ravir to take away hastily (see RAVISH (Cf. ravish)). Related: Ravaged; ravaging …   Etymology dictionary

  • ravage — ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, despoil, spoliate are comparable when they mean to lay waste or bare by acts of violence (as plundering or destroying). Ravage implies violent, severe, and often cumulative destruction accomplished… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ravage — Ravage. s. m. Ruine, degast qui se fait avec violence & avec rapidité. Les pluyes, les vents, les glaces ont fait de grands ravages. les troupes ennemies font d horribles ravages, font ravage en ce pays là. les sangliers, les bestes font des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Ravage — (franz., spr. wāsch ), Verheerung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ravage — (frz., spr. wahsch ), Verheerung …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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