spolium

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin spolium.

Noun

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spolium (uncountable)

  1. The property of a beneficed ecclesiastic not transmissible by will.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Referred to Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel-. See English spill.

Noun

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spolium n (genitive spoliī or spolī); second declension

  1. the skin or hide of an animal stripped off
  2. (transferred sense) the arms or armor stripped from a defeated enemy
  3. booty, prey, spoil
    Synonyms: praeda, manubia, rapīna
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.16.19:
      Melius est humiliārī cum mītibus, quam dīvidere spolia cum superbīs.
      It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spolium spolia
Genitive spoliī
spolī1
spoliōrum
Dative spoliō spoliīs
Accusative spolium spolia
Ablative spoliō spoliīs
Vocative spolium spolia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aromanian: spolji
  • English: spoil
  • Spanish: espolio
  • Catalan: espoli
  • Italian: spoglio
  • Portuguese: espólio

References

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