LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēpopulātiō

dēpopulātiō f (genitive dēpopulātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. marauding, pillaging, sacking, plundering

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēpopulātiōdēpopulātiōnēs
genitivedēpopulātiōnisdēpopulātiōnum
dativedēpopulātiōnīdēpopulātiōnibus
accusativedēpopulātiōnemdēpopulātiōnēs
ablativedēpopulātiōnedēpopulātiōnibus
vocativedēpopulātiōdēpopulātiōnēs

dēpŏpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. depopulor,
I. a laying waste, marauding, pillaging (several times in Cic.; elsewh. rare), Cic. Pis. 17, 40; Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 12; id. Rep. 2, 14; Liv. 43, 23: Thracum, Cic. Font. 22, 44: Tiberini fluminis igniumque, ravages, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31; Vulg. Mic. 2, 4. In plur., Cic. Phil. 5, 9, 25.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēpopulātiō From dēpopulor + -tiō.

In English words that came into English from dēpopulātiō

  • depopulationdēpopulātiō

Quick answers

What does dēpopulātiō mean in Latin?
dēpopulātiō, a noun, means “marauding, pillaging, sacking, plundering”.
What is the genitive of dēpopulātiō?
The genitive singular is dēpopulātiōnis. dēpopulātiō is feminine, third declension.