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spolio

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See also: spoliò

Italian

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Verb

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spolio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of spoliare

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Latin

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Etymology

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From spolium (skin, hide, fell) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spoliō (present infinitive spoliāre, perfect active spoliāvī, supine spoliātum); first conjugation

  1. to strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing, uncover, bare, unclothe
  2. to strip, deprive or rob of arms or equipment, disarm
  3. (by extension) to plunder, pillage, spoil, rob; despoil, impoverish, deprive

Conjugation

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

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References

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  • spolio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spolio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spolio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to depose a king: aliquem regno spoliare or expellere (Div. 1. 22. 74)