spoil (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. spŏlium2. exŭviae, arum (armour stripped from the person3. praeda (booty) • spoil (subs.): 1. spŏlium: usu. pl. (strictly, armour stripped from a conquered foe): the s.s of the slain general, s. ducis caesi, Liv. 1, 10: to tear off the gory s.s, cruenta s. detrahere, Cic. R. Am. 50, 146. In wider sense: naval s.s (i. e. rostra), navalia s., Suet. Aug. 18: and used of standards, trophies, etc. Fig.: to increase our wealth from the s.s of others, spoliis aliorum opes augere, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22. 2. exŭviae, arum (armour stripped from the person: chiefly poet.): Virg. Aen. 2, 275. So ex. nauticae, Cic. Man. 18, 55. 3. praeda (booty): v. plunder.