- SPOIL: SPOILS TAKEN FROM AN ENEMY'S GENERAL
- [N]SPOLIUM: SPOLIA OPIMA (PL)
English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
SPOIL: SPOILS TAKEN FROM AN ENEMY'S GENERAL
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