noun · neutersecond declension
damnum
damnum n (genitive damnī)
Classical[ˈdam.nũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdam.num]
№ 926 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neuterdamage, injury
Non tamen Egeriae luctus aliena levare damna valent; montisque iacens radicibus imis liquitur in lacrimas, donec pietate dolentis mota soror Phoebi gelidum de corpore fontem
But the woes of others did not have the strength to lift Egeria's griefs; and lying at the lowest roots of a mountain she melted into tears, until, moved by the faithfulness of her suffering, the sister of Phoebus made from her body a cool spring, and weakened her limbs into eternal streams.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 15.547–551 - neuterloss, disadvantage
- neuterfine, mulct, penalty
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod perdidimus; malum acceptum.damnum -ī n — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
iactūra, dētrīmentumdamnum -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 13
dētrīmentum, iactūradamnum -ī (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 12
loss
damnum — in Seneca, ch. II
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Damnum · Detrimentum · Jactura
Damnum (δαπάνη) is a loss incurred by one’s self, in opp. to lucrum. Plaut. Cist. i. 1, 52. Capt. ii. 2, 77. Ter. Heaut. iv. 4, 25. Cic. Fin. v. 30. Sen. Ben. iv. 1. Tranq. 15; whereas detrimentum (from detrivisse) means a loss endured, in opp. to emolumentum. Cic. Fin. i. 16. iii. 29; lastly, jactura is a voluntary loss, by means of which one hopes to escape a greater loss or evil, a sacrifice. Hence damnum is used for a fine; and in the form, Videant Coss., ne quid resp. detrimenti capiat, the word damnum could never be substituted for detrimentum. (v. 251.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | damnum | damna dampna |
| genitive | damnī dampnī | damnōrum dampnōrum |
| dative | damnō dampnō | damnīs dampnīs |
| accusative | damnum | damna dampna |
| ablative | damnō dampnō | damnīs dampnīs |
| vocative | damnum | damna dampna |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- damnum ferre
- to know how to endure calamity.
- damnum (opp. lucrum) facere
- to suffer loss, harm, damage.
- damnum inferre, afferre alicui
- to do harm to, injure any one.
- damnum compensare cum aliqua re
- to balance a loss by anything.
- damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare)
- to make good, repair a loss or injury.
damnum (late Lat. sometimes dampnum), i, n. for daminum, neut. of old Part. of dare, = τὸ διδόμενον, v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 709 sq. Less correctly regarded as akin to δαπάνη. Cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 176 Müll.; Dig. 39, 2, 3,
I. hurt, harm, damage, injury, loss; opp. to lucrum (syn. jactura, detrimentum, incommodum, dispendium. Freq. and class.).
I. In gen.:
hauscit, hoc paullum lucri quantum ei damni adportet, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 25; cf.: si in maximis lucris paullum aliquid damni contraxerit, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12 (with dedecus, as in Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 37; Sall. J. 31, 19; Hor. S. 1, 2, 52; 2, 2, 96 et saep.); Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13; id. Phil. 2, 27, 67; Hor. S. 2, 3, 300; id. Ep. 1, 7, 88 et saep.: propter damna aut detrimenta aliquos miseros esse, Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51; so with detrimenta, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98; with jactura, id. Agr. 1, 7, 21: duarum cohortium damno exercitum reducere, * Caes. B. G. 6, 44; cf. Tac. A. 1, 71; id. H. 2, 66; Curt. 8, 4; Frontin. Strat. 2, 5, 31 fin.: damnum dare alicui, to inflict upon one (ante-classical), Cato R. R. 149 (twice); Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 108; id. Truc. 2, 1, 17; Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 116: facere, to suffer, sustain, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 77 (opp. lucrum); Cic. Brut. 33; id. Fam. 7, 33; 10, 28, 3 al.; but also, to inflict a penalty, Dig. 9, 2, 30, § 3; Ov. Fast. 5, 311: capere, Dig. 9, 2, 39; and in the alliterative passage: in palaestram, ubi damnis desudascitur, Ubi pro disco damnum capiam, Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 34: accipere, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28; Dig. 39, 2, 25: pati, to suffer harm, Sen. Ira, 1, 2; Dig. 9, 2, 29 (but damnum pati, also, to permit, put up with harm, Liv. 22, 41, 4; Luc. 8, 750): ferre (a favorite expression of Ovid), Ov. H. 15, 64; id. F. 1, 60; 2, 522; id. Tr. 3, 8, 34 al.: contrahere (of disease), id. Pont. 1, 10, 29 et saep.: pervenit ad miseros damno graviore colonos Pestis, id. M. 7, 552; cf. id. ib. 3, 213; 8, 777: damna tamen celeres reparant caelestia lunae, i. e. of the waning of the moon, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 13: naturae damnum, natural defect, Liv. 7, 4 fin. —Prov.: damnum appellandum est cum mala fama lucrum, Pub. Syr. 135 (Ribb.).— B. Transf., of persons:
hoc ad damnum (i. e. scortum) deferetur, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 24: cf. ib. 21 and 60; Ov. M. 11, 381; 12, 16; cf. id. ib. 11, 133.II. Esp. in law.
A. A fine, mulct, penalty, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 182; Liv. 4, 53, 7; 7, 4, 2; Gell. 20, 1, 32:
quis umquam tanto damno senatorem coegit? Cic. Phil. 1, 5 fin.: eos (leges) morte, exsilio, vinclis, damno coercent, id. Off. 3, 5, 23.—B. Freq. in the terms,
1. damnum injuria (datum), i. e. an injury done to another's beast or slave, for which the lex Aquilia provided compensation, (Caesulenus senex) cum ab Sabellio multam lege Aquilia damni injuria petivisset, Cic. Brut. 34, 131; id. Tull. 4, 8; 5, 11; 17, 41.—
2. Damnum infectum, an injury not done but threatened, and against which the person endangered might require security, Cic. Top. 4, 22; Dig. 39, 2, 3; Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6 (cf. infectus).
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
damnum ī, n
3 DA-, hurt, harm, damage, injury, loss : hoc lucri quantum ei damni adportet, T.: damna aleatoria: civitatum damna: amissi corporis, Ph.: cohortium, Cs.: post damnum sic, etc., after your ruin , H.: aliena levare Damna, misfortunes , O.: damnum eius interitu fecerunt, suffered : damna ferenda arbitrari: accipere, H.: pati, to put up with , L.: Damna tulit, suffered , O.: ex quā (pace) ad rem p. damna pervenerint, S.: cum damna damnis continuarentur, defeats , Ta.: naturae, natural defect , L.: egestas facile habetur sine damno, i. e. has nothing to lose , S.: nec sibi damno foret, H.: Lingua fuit damno, O.— A lost object (poet.): mater circum sua damna volans, her stolen brood , O.— A fine, mulct, penalty : damnum inhibere, L.: tanto damno senatorem cogere: eos morte, damno coercent (leges).—In law: damnum iniuriā (datum), i. e. damage wrongfully done, trespass : ab Sabellio multam lege Aquiliā damni iniuriā petere: infectum, not suffered , i. e. threatened ; hence, satis dare damni infecti alicui, to give security against loss .
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Latindamnum
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p-der. Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm Proto-Italic *dapnom Latin damnum From Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”), from the root *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, to lose”), whence also daps (“sacrificial meal, feast”). Compare semantically Ancient Greek δαπανάω (dapanáō, “to spend”) and δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost, expenditure”). Doublet of dapinō.
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalandany
- Occitandam
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesedanofrom Old Galician-Portuguese dano
- Spanishdañofrom Old Spanish danno
- Asturiandañu
- Galiciandanofrom Old Galician-Portuguese dano
Insular Romance
- Sardiniandannu
Balkano-Romance
- Romaniandaună
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiandanno
- Corsicandannu
- Dalmatiandamno
- Dalmatianduon
- Istriotdagno
- Neapolitandanno
- Maltesedannufrom Sicilian dannu
- Venetandano
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchdam
- Franco-Provençaldan
Borrowings
- Englishdamnum
- Albaniandëm
- Albaniandam
- Basquedamu
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliandam
- Ladindan
- Ladindann
- Romanshdonn
Gallo-Italic
- Emiliandân
- Liguriandanno
- Lombarddann
- Piedmontesedann
- Romagnoldân
In English words that came into English from damnum
- damndamnāre
- damage*damnāticum
- condemncondemnāre
- indemnityindemnitās
- damnationdamnatio
- condemnatecondemnātus