The corpus record — Latin

vastatio

vastatio · f

a laying waste

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Where it lives

Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
Pro M. Tullio 1 · 2.91/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 3 · 2.67/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
De Monogamia 1 · 1.43/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 3 · 1.14/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 1 · 0.76/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vastātĭo — Lewis & Short

vastātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a laying waste, desolating, ravaging, devastation: omnium, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18: domuum, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 1, 4: villarum, Tac. H. 4, 34: agri, Liv. 7, 15 11; 10, 4, 7; Quint. 8, 4, 14: Italiam a vastatione defendere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4.—Plur: intactum vastationibus regnum, Tac. A. 15, 27.

In the wild

vastatione Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.57.2
vastatio Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.45.11
vastatio Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.15.11
vastationibus Tacitus, Annales 15.p28
vastatione Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.22.6.8
vastatio Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.5.5.11

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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