The corpus record — Latin

depilo

to pull out the hair, pluck out the feathers

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Where it lives

De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

dē-pĭlo — Lewis & Short

dē-pĭlo, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. id., to pull out the hair, pluck out the feathers.

I Prop. (ante-class. and post-Aug., and rare): depilari magis quam amiciri, Tert. Pall. 4: perdicem, Apic. 6, 3; Mart. 9, 28: struthiocamelum, Sen. Cons. Sap. 17: amygdalae, Apic. 2, 2.—

II Transf., dēpĭlātus, plucked, i. e. plundered, cheated, Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 28.—

B To rub off the skin, peel: omnis umerus depilatus est, Vulg. Ezech. 29, 18.

In the wild

depilatum Seneca, De Constantia 2.17.1
depilabis Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 5.221
depilatos Martial, Epigrammata 9.27.1

Where it came from

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