spolia

spolia is a Latin form of spolio, meaning “strip, rob, plunder; (spolia) spoils, booty”.

It can also be a form of spolium, “spoils, booty (usually pl.); hide, skin”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or nominative plural neuter noun or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 208 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.39: … ec tamen ab ipsis inflatius commemorabantur, ut de suis homines laudibus libenter praedicant. Multa praeterea spolia praeferebantur, capti homines equique producebantur, ut, quicquid intercederet temporis, hoc omne victoriam m …

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.22: … cónem auriferam optútu adservantem árborem? Multa ália victrix nóstra lustravít manus, Nec quísquam e nostris spólia cepit laúdibus. Possumusne nos contemnere dolorem, cum ipsum Herculem tam intoleranter dolere videamus?

Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.1.1.11: Caeninensium captum ac direptum est oppidum. Spolia insuper opima de rege Agrone Feretrio Iovi manibus suis rex reportavit.

All forms of spolio (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.