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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + spoliō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēspoliō (present infinitive dēspoliāre, perfect active dēspoliāvī, supine dēspoliātum); first conjugation
- to rob, plunder or despoil
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “despolio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despolio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- despolio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.