SPOLIANS, spolians
Sounds Like: SPOH-lee-ahns
Translations: plundering, spoiling, robbing, one who plunders, one who spoils, one who robs
From the root: SPOLIO
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: SPOLIANS is the present active participle of the verb SPOLIO, meaning 'to strip, despoil, plunder, or rob'. As a participle, it can function as an adjective, describing someone or something that is in the act of plundering, or as a noun, referring to 'one who plunders' or 'the plunderer'. It indicates an ongoing action.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative Singular (all genders) or Accusative Singular (neuter)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SPOLIO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- SPOLIASSE — to have plundered, to have stripped, to have robbed, to have despoiled
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