(v. a.P. a.) : spŏlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.spolium
* To strip, to deprive of covering, rob of clothing.
* In gen. (rare but class.; syn. exuo): Phalarim vestitu spoliare, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29: consules spoliari hominem et virgas expediri jubent,Liv. 2, 55 Drak.; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86: Papirius spoliari magistrum equitum ac virgas et secures expediri jussit,Liv. 8, 32; cf. also,Val. Max. 2, 7, 8: corpus caesi hostis,Liv. 7, 26: cadaver,Luc. 7, 627: Gallum caesum torque,Liv. 6, 42: corpus jacentis uno torque,id. 7, 10: jacentem veste,Nep. Thras. 2, 6: folliculos leguminum,to strip off,Petr. 135.
* Pregn., to rob, plunder, pillage, spoil; to deprive, despoil; usually: aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to deprive or rob one of something (the predominant signif. of the word; syn. praedor).
* With acc.: Chrysalus me miserum spoliavit,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 8: meos perduelles,id. Ps. 2, 1, 8: spoliatis effossisque domibus,Caes. B. C. 3, 42 fin.: fana sociorum,Cic. Sull. 25, 71: delubra,Sall. C. 11, 6: templa,Luc. 3, 167; 5, 305: pars spoliant aras,Verg. A. 5, 661: deos,Luc. 1, 379; Quint. 6, 1, 3: spoliare et nudare monumenta antiquissima,Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14: pudicitiam,id. Cael. 18, 42: dignitatem,id. ib. 2, 3: spoliata fortuna,id. Pis. 16, 38.
* Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re: spoliatur lumine terra,Lucr. 4, 377: caput,i. e. of hair,Petr. 108: spoliari fortunis,Cic. Planc. 9, 22: Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: ut Gallia omni nobilitate spoliaretur,Caes. B. G. 5, 6: provinciam vetere exercitu,Liv. 40, 35: spoliata armis navis,Verg. A. 6, 353: magistro,id. ib. 5, 224: corpus spoliatum lumine,id. ib. 12, 935: Scylla sociis spoliavit Ulixen,Ov. M. 14, 71: penetralia donis,id. ib. 12, 246; 11, 514: te spoliare pudicā Conjuge,id. P. 4, 11, 8: ea philosophia, quae spoliat nos judicio, privat approbatione, omnibus orbat sensibus,Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61: regem regno,id. Rep. 1, 42, 65: aliquem dignitate,id. Mur. 41, 88; Caes. B. G. 7, 66: probatum hominem famā,Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77: aliquem ornamento quodam,id. de Or. 2, 33, 144: aliquem vitā,Verg. A. 6, 168: spoliare atque orbare forum voce eruditā,Cic. Brut. 2, 6 et saep.: juris civilis scientiam, ornatu suo spoliare atque denudare,Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—*
* In a Greek construction: hiems spoliata capillos,stripped of his locks,Ov. M. 15, 213.
* Absol.: si spoliorum causā vis hominem occidere, spoliasti,Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145.—Hence, * spŏlĭātus, a, um, P. a., plundered, despoiled: nihil illo regno spoliatius,more impoverished,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.