verb transitive

com-pīlo

2nd PP com-pīlāre · 3rd PP com-pīlāvi · 4th PP com-pīlātum · conj. 1st

to snatch together and carry off; to plunder; pillage

to snatch together and carry off, to plunder, pillage, rob (rare but class.).

Prop., with acc. of person or thing robbed: aedes, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 6: fana,… ••

Prop., with acc. of person or thing robbed: aedes, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 6: fana, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86: si malui compilari quam venire, id. de Or. 2, 66, 268: consulem, exercitum, provinciamque, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 35: hortos, id. Phil. 3, 12, 30: templa omnibus ornamentis compilata, Liv. 43, 7, 10: totum oppidum ostiatim, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: ne te (servi) compilent fugientes, Hor. S. 1, 1, 78: ipsum (Jovem), Phaedr. 4, 11, 2.—With acc. of thing taken: ubi vir compilet clanculum, quicquid domi'st, Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 2.—

aliquem; to cudgel; beat soundly

With aliquem, to cudgel or beat soundly, App. M. 7, p. 196, 8; 9, p. 218, 7.—

figuratively •

Trop.: sapientiam, Cic. Mur. 11, 25: Crispini scrinia, Hor. S. 1, 1, 121.

Perseus ID: n9597 Key: compilo