spoliatio

Latin

Etymology

spoliāre +‎ -tiō, from spolium (skin, hide, fell) +‎ -āre.

Noun

spoliātiō f (genitive spoliātiōnis); third declension

  1. robbing, plundering
    Synonym: praedātiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spoliātiō spoliātiōnēs
genitive spoliātiōnis spoliātiōnum
dative spoliātiōnī spoliātiōnibus
accusative spoliātiōnem spoliātiōnēs
ablative spoliātiōne spoliātiōnibus
vocative spoliātiō spoliātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: spoliation
  • Sicilian: spugghiazziuni

References

  • spoliatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spoliatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spoliatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.