expilatio Latin · revision 36419

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la pīlō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''expīlātiō''' ''f'' (genitive expīlātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|expīlō|-tiō|t1=to rob, plunder]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) the verb being a compound of [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|pīlō|t=to rob]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero has it first,^(Köbler 2010) in the ''Verrines'', of the [[m|en|plundering]] of Asia and of the plundering of temples.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero also uses it in ''On Duties'' of the plundering and pillage of allies, paired with ''direptio''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius has a band of robbers drawn up at a house's doors as punctually as if bound by a summons to plunder it, Symmachus speaks of documents of rank taken by a theft within the household, and Sulpicius Severus jokingly accuses a correspondent of theft.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)

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+ In Roman law the jurist Saturninus distinguishes ''expīlātiōnēs'' from ordinary thefts when weighing how grave an offence is.^(TLL) Köbler records it in capitularies, in the acts of church councils and in a text of Wolfher of about 1035.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in the ''Verrines'' and ''On Duties''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of a robbery.^(TLL)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 340–402 AD – Symmachus uses it of a theft within a household.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 363–c. 420 AD – Sulpicius Severus uses it jokingly.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1035 – Wolfher uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|plundering|alt=Plundering]], [[m|en|spoliation]], pillage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(law)'' Robbery, as distinct from simple theft.^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}