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.
spoil (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To plunder, strip by violence1. spŏlio, 12. praedor, 1II. To mar, injure, destroy1. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to break up and make an end of2. perdo, 3. v. TO DESTROY, RUIN.3. vĭtio, 1 (to make faulty, cause a flaw in)4. dēprāvo, 1 (to worsen, deteriorateIII. With ref. to character, to corrupt by indulgence1. dēprāvo, 12. corrumpo, 33. perdo, 3B. Intrans. • spoil (v.): A. Trans.: I. To plunder, strip by violence: 1. spŏlio, 1: usu. with acc. and abl. or acc. alone: to s. temples, houses, cities, fana, domos, urbes s., Caes.: Cic.: v. to plunder. Strengthened, exspŏlio, 1: Cic.: Sall. 2. praedor, 1: v. to plunder. II. To mar, injure, destroy: 1. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to break up and make an end of: most gen. term): to s. the springs (by choking them up, etc.), aquarum fontes c., Sall. Jug. 55: to s. fine opportunities, magnas opportunitates c., Sall. Cat. 43: Caes.: esp. as pass. refl., v. infr. (B.). 2. perdo, 3. v. to destroy, ruin. 3. vĭtio, 1 (to make faulty, cause a flaw in): to s. a tool in work, ferramentum in opere v., Col. 11, 1, med.: (the stream) is s.'d by briny salts, salibus vitiatur amaris, Ov. M. 15, 286. 4. dēprāvo, 1 (to worsen, deteriorate: but not with ref. to material things): v. to pervert. See also infr. (III.). III. With ref. to character, to corrupt by indulgence: 1. dēprāvo, 1: Cic. Att. 10, 4 (puerum indulgentia d.): Caes. 2. corrumpo, 3: Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 17: v. to corrupt. 3. perdo, 3: Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36. more fully, mores liberorum perdere, Quint. 1, 2, 6. If nothing more than the act of over indulgence be meant, use nimium indulgere, cf. Ter. l. c.: nimis molliter educare: molliore educationis ratione uti, cf. Quint. 1, 2, 6. (Indulgere does not of itself imply excess.) B. Intrans.: corrumpor, 3: I must take care these (fish) don't s., hi mihi ne corrumpantur cautio est, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 67: so, prandium c., ib. 4, 2, 49.
SPOIL Copy link • SPOIL 1. v. To plunder, praedari: praedam or praedas facere, or (of living creatures) agere: rapere: rapinas facere. To devastate, Vid: To corrupt, destroy: Transitively, corrumpere: depravare: perdere: pervertere: vitiare. The dinner is spoiled, corrumpitur cena (Plaut.), prandium (Terentianus): the fish are spoiled, pisces corrumpuntur (Plaut.): to spoil fruit, fruges perdere (Cic.): to spoil corn, frumentum corrumpere (Caes.): to spoil one’s pleasures, gaudium alicujus contaminare (Ter., Eun., 3, 5, 4), acerbare (Statius, Theb., 12, 75); gaudium alicujus turbare; voluptas alicujus corrumpitur aliqua re (†): to see one’s character, depravare, corrumpere mores (Cic.): to spoil a child, indulgentia puerum depravare or corrumpere; deliciis solvere; molli illa educatione, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes mentis et corporis frangere (Quint.): to be spoiled by a luxurious and indolent life, luxu atque inertia corrumpi (Sall.): to be spoiled (of children, etc.), remollescere, effeminari. Intransitively, corrumpi: depravari: perdi. 2. s. praeda: raptum. Spoils, plur., spolia, -orum, neuter; exuviae (the former, arms, standards, and all trophies taken from an enemy; the latter, only arms taken off the person); spolia opima, -orum, neuter (arms taken from a general); manubiae (money obtained from the spoils; then the general’s share of them; Vid: commentators on Nep., Cim., 2, 5); sectio (booty divided into portions; then the share which fell to the treasury; Vid: commentators on Caes., B.C., 2, 23; Ernesti, Clav., Cic., s., v.).