detrimentum
Latin
Etymology
From detero.
Noun
dētrīmentum n (genitive dētrīmentī); second declension
- harm, loss, damage
- defeat
- detriment
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
- That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dētrīmentum | dētrīmenta |
| Genitive | dētrīmentī | dētrīmentōrum |
| Dative | dētrīmentō | dētrīmentīs |
| Accusative | dētrīmentum | dētrīmenta |
| Ablative | dētrīmentō | dētrīmentīs |
| Vocative | dētrīmentum | dētrīmenta |
Descendants
- English: detriment
- French: détriment
- Spanish: detrimento
- Italian: detrimento
References
- detrimentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- detrimentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detrimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to suffer loss, harm, damage: detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
- to make good, repair a loss or injury: damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare)
- let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state: videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)
- with great loss: magno cum detrimento
- to suffer loss, harm, damage: detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
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