verbfirst conjugation, deponent
populor
populor (present infinitive populārī, perfect active populātus sum)
Classical[ˈpɔ.pʊ.ɫɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔː.pu.lor]
Meaning
- deponentto lay waste, ravage or devastate, destroy or ruin
Helvetii iam per angustias et fines Sequanorum suas copias traduxerant et in Haeduorum fines pervenerant eorumque agros populabantur.
The Helvetii had by this time led their forces over through the narrow defile and the territories of the Sequani, and had arrived at the territories of the Aedui, and were ravaging their lands.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.11 - deponentto plunder or pillage
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
vastō, cōnsūmōpopulor -ārī — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | populor | populābar | populābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | populāris populāre | populābāris populābāre | populāberis populābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | populātur | populābātur | populābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | populāmur | populābāmur | populābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | populāminī | populābāminī | populābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | populantur | populābantur | populābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | populer | populārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | populēris populēre | populārēris populārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | populētur | populārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | populēmur | populārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | populēminī | populārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | populentur | populārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | populāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | populāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | populātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | populātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | populantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | populārī populārier | — |
| perfect infinitive | populātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | populātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | populāns | — |
| perfect participle | populātus populāta, populātā, populātae, populātam, populātārum, populātās, populāte, populātī, populātīs, populātō, populātōrum, populātōs | — |
| future participle | populātūrus populātūra, populātūrā, populātūrae, populātūram, populātūrārum, populātūrās, populātūre, populātūrī, populātūrīs, populātūrō, populātūrōrum, populātūrōs, populātūrum | populandus populanda, populandā, populandae, populandam, populandārum, populandās, populande, populandīs, populandōrum, populandōs |
gerundpopulandī, populandō, populandumsupinepopulātum, populātū
pŏpŭlor, ātus, 1. v. dep., and pŏpŭlo, āre, v. a. 1. populus; prop. to spread or pour out in a multitude over a region; hence, transf. to the result,
I. to lay waste, ravage, devastate, desolate; to spoil, plunder, pillage (class.; syn.: vasto, vexo, diripio).
I. Lit.
(a). Form populor: Romanus exercitus insulam integram urit, populatur, vastat, Naev. ap. Non. 90, 29:
noctu populabatur agros, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: Remorum agros, Caes. B. G. 5, 56: arva ferro populatur et igni, Luc. 2, 445; so, omnia igni ferroque populatus, Flor. 2, 17, 16: consules Aequos populantur, Liv. 3, 23 fin. —(b). Form populo (in Cicero only in part. perf. pass.): patriam populavit meam, Pac. ap. Non. 39, 32: agrum populare coeperunt, Quadrig. ib. 471, 20:
litora vestra Vi populat, Verg. A. 12, 263: Penates, id. ib. 1, 527. —In pass.: urbem Romanam deūm irā morbo populari, Liv. 3, 6; 3, 3 fin.: populata vexataque provincia, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 122; cf.: Siculi nunc populati atque vexati, id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2: arva Marte populata nostro, Hor. C. 3, 5, 23: populatis messibus, Plin. 8, 55, 81.—II. Transf., in gen., to destroy, ruin, spoil (mostly poet. and in the active form), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.:
populatque ingentem farris acervum Curculio, Verg. G. 1, 185: capillos, Ov. M. 2, 319: feris populandas tradere gentes, id. ib. 1, 249: populata tempora raptis Auribus, mutilated, deprived of, Verg. A. 6, 496: populatum exspuit hamum, robbed of the bait, Ov. Hal. 36.—In a deponent form: quisque suum populatus iter, Verg. A. 12, 525: iter, Sil. 3, 445: formam populabitur aetas, Ov. Med. Fac. 45: (ventus in Aetnā) Putria multivagis populatur flatibus antra, lays waste, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 176.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
populor ātus, ārī, dep.
SCAL-, to lay waste, ravage, devastate, spoil, plunder, pillage : Remorum agros, Cs.: urbīs et agros Galliae: Aequos, L.— To destroy, ruin, spoil : quisque suum populatus iter, V.: formam populabitur aetas, O.
Origins
From populus (“community, people”). According to De Vaan, the meaning developed from an earlier sense "to have an army pass through". Compare typologically Proto-Germanic *harjōną (whence English harry), from *harjaz. Also compare Russian как Мама́й прошёл (kak Mamáj prošól, “as if Mamai passed through”).
In English words that came into English from populor
- populatepopulātus
- depopulatedēpopulātus
- depopulationdēpopulātiō
- depopulantdēpopulāns
- depopulatordēpopulātor