SPOLIASSE, spoliasse
Sounds Like: spo-lee-AS-seh
Translations: to have plundered, to have stripped, to have robbed, to have despoiled
From the root: SPOLIO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect active infinitive form of the Latin verb 'spolio'. It describes an action of plundering, stripping, or robbing that has been completed in the past. It is often used in indirect statements or as a complement to verbs that express ability, desire, or necessity.
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Infinitive
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.
- SPOLIANS — plundering, spoiling, robbing, one who plunders, one who spoils, one who robs
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