populor

Latin

Etymology

From populus (“human, community, people”). According to De Vaan, the meaning developed from an earlier sense "to have an army pass through".^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.pu.lor/, [ˈpɔpʊɫ̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.pu.lor/, [ˈpɔːpulor]

Verb

populor (present infinitive populārī, perfect active populātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

to lay waste, ravage or devastate, destroy or ruin
Synonyms: ruīnō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, aboleō, occīdō, perdō, dēstruō, exscindō, impellō, accīdō, tollō, dīruō, sepeliō, absūmō, interimō, perimō, trucīdō

Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.11:
  Helvetii iam per angustias et fines Sequanorum suas copias traduxerant et in Haeduorum fines pervenerant eorumque agros populabantur.
  The Helvetii had by this time led their forces over through the narrow defile and the territories of the Sequani, and had arrived at the territories of the Aedui, and were ravaging their lands.
to plunder or pillage
Synonyms: dīripiō, dēpraedor, praedor, expugnō, trahō, agō

Conjugation

Conjugation of populor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	populor	populāris, populāre		populātur	populāmur	populāminī		populantur
	imperfect	populābar	populābāris, populābāre		populābātur	populābāmur	populābāminī		populābantur
	future	populābor	populāberis, populābere		populābitur	populābimur	populābiminī		populābuntur
	perfect	populātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	populātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	populātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	populer	populēris, populēre		populētur	populēmur	populēminī		populentur
	imperfect	populārer	populārēris, populārēre		populārētur	populārēmur	populārēminī		populārentur
	perfect	populātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	populātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	populāre		—	—	populāminī		—
active	future	—	populātor		populātor	—	—		populantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		populārī, populārier¹		—		populāns		—
future		populātūrum esse		—		populātūrus		populandus
perfect		populātum esse		—		populātus		—
future perfect		populātum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		populātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		populandī	populandō		populandum	populandō	populātum		populātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “populus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480

“populor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“populor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
populor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) democracy: imperium populi or populare, civitas or res publica popularis

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “populus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480

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