spŏlĭum (noun N) : root spal- (skal-); cf.: populor, calamitas, calvus.
* Lit., the spoil of an animal, i. e. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off (so only poet. and very rare): pelles et spolia ferarum,Lucr. 5, 954: serpentum,id. 4, 62: leonis,Ov. M. 9, 113; 3, 81: apri,id. ib. 8, 426; id. H. 4, 100: pecudis (i. e. arietis Phrixei),id. ib. 6, 13; cf. id. M. 7, 156: viperei monstri (i. e. Medusae),id. ib. 4, 615.
* Transf., the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy; hence, in gen., any thing taken from the enemy, booty, prey, spoil (the predom. signif. of the word; usu. in plur.; cf.: exuviae, praeda): Salmacida spolia sine sudore et sanguine, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61 (Trag. v. 36 Vahl.): spolia ducis hostium caesi suspenso ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit ibique, Juppiter Feretri, inquit, haec tibi victor Romulus rex regia arma fero templumque dedico, sedem opimis spoliis, etc.,Liv. 1, 10, 6 (v. opimus): spoliis decorata est regia fixis,Ov. M. 8, 154: spoliorum causā hominem occidere ... cruenta spolia detrahere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145 sq.: multa spolia praeferebantur,Caes. B. C. 2, 39: ad ejus spolia detrahenda,Cic. Sest. 24, 54: indutus spoliis,Verg. A. 10, 775: victores praedā Rutuli spoliisque potiti,id. ib. 9, 450; 4, 93: virtutis honor spoliis quaeratur in istis,Ov. M. 13, 153: insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,Verg. A. 6, 855: spolia jacentis hostium exercitus peditibus concessit,Liv. 44, 45: Q. Fabius spolia ducis Gallorum legens,id. 5, 36; so, legere,id. 5, 39; 8, 7; 27, 2 al.: spolia et praedas ad procuratores referre,Tac. A. 12, 54 et saep.: (forum) exuviis nauticis et classium spoliis (i. e. rostris) ornatum,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55; cf. Flor. 1, 11, 10: navalia,Suet. Aug. 18 fin.: illud natura non patitur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes augeamus, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: spoliis civium exstructa domus,Tac. A. 15, 52: (delatores) sacerdotia et consulatus et spolia adepti,id. H. 1, 2.
* Sing.: quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio,Verg. A. 10, 500: Actoris Aurunci spolium,id. ib. 12, 94: Asiam, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi,Sall. H. 4, 61, 11 Dietsch; Suet. Caes. 64; Just. 19, 3: fert secum spolium sceleris,Ov. M. 8, 87: mendici spolium,a beggar's rags,Petr. 13, 1.—Poet., in gen., = arma, arms, Ov. M. 13, 153.