Lewis Short
pŏpŭlātĭo (noun F) : 1. populus
* Population; concr., a people, a multitude (late Lat.): flebat populatio praesens,Sedul. 4, 275.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
pŏpŭlātĭo (noun F) : populor
* A laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation, etc. (not in Cic.).
* Lit.: populationem effuse facere,Liv. 2, 64.—In plur.: populationibus incursionibusque,Liv. 3, 3 fin.: hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque prohibere,Caes. B. G. 1, 15.
* Transf.
* Trop., destruction, corruption, ruin (post-Aug.): morum,Plin. 9, 34, 53, § 104; of ruin through luxury, Col. 1, 5, 7.
* A ravaging, destroying done by animals: a populatione murium formicarumque frumenta defendere,Col. 2, 20; so, volucrum,id. 3, 21.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary