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populatio

populatio, a laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation

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populatione Noun: feminine ablative singular of populatio

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pŏpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [populor], a laying waste, ravaging, plundering, spoiling, devastation, etc. (not in Cic.).
  • I 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.—
    • B Transf.
      • 1 Concr., things plundered, plunder, booty: Veientes pleni populationum, Liv. 2, 43.—
      • 2 A ravaging, destroying done by animals: a populatione murium formicarumque frumenta defendere, Col. 2, 20; so, volucrum, id. 3, 21.—
  • II Trop., destruction, corruption, ruin (post-Aug.): morum, Plin. 9, 34, 53, § 104; of ruin through luxury, Col. 1, 5, 7.
pŏpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. populus],
  • population; concr., a people, a multitude (late Lat.): flebat populatio praesens, Sedul. 4, 275.

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