noun · neutersecond declension
dētrīmentum
dētrīmentum n (genitive dētrīmentī)
Meaning
- harm, loss, damage
Senatus decrevit darent operam consules ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet
The senate ordered that consuls be carefull lest the republic should suffer any harmSallustius - defeat
- detriment
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.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.44
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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 | dētrīmentum | dētrīmenta |
| genitive | dētrīmentī | dētrīmentōrum |
| dative | dētrīmentō | dētrīmentīs |
| accusative | dētrīmentum | dētrīmenta |
| ablative | dētrīmentō | dētrīmentīs |
| vocative | dētrīmentum | dētrīmenta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- magno cum detrimento
- with great loss.
- detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
- to suffer loss, harm, damage.
- damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare)
- to make good, repair a loss or injury.
- videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)
- let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state.
dētrīmentum, i, n. detero,
I. a rubbing off. *
I. Lit.: limae tenuantis, Ap. M. 6, p. 175, 25.—
II. Transf., loss, damage, detriment.
A. In gen. (class.; cf. for syn.: damnum, jactura, incommodum, dispendium): emolumenta et detrimenta (quae ὠφελήματα et βλάμματα appellant) communia esse voluerunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 21; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 176 Müll.;
so opp. emolumentum, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 53: nostro incommodo detrimentoque doleamus, id. Brut. 1, 4: afferre, to occasion, cause, Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 2; Nep. Att. 2, 3; cf.: magna inferre, Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.: importare, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38: accipere, to suffer, in gen., id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Phil. 5, 12, 34; esp. to suffer defeat in battle, Caes. B. G. 5, 22, 3; 5, 53, 6; 6, 1, 3 et saep.: capere, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2; cf. the foll., and facere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9; Nep. Cato 2 fin.; Sen. Tranq. 11 med.: acceptum sarcire, Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; 3, 67, 2; cf. reconcinnare, id. ib. 2, 15 fin.: in bonum vertere, id. ib. 3, 73 fin., et saep.: animae suae detrimentum pati, loss, ruin, Vulg. Matt. 16, 26: detrimentum sui facere, id. Luc. 9, 25.— B. Esp.
1. In the well-known formula, by which unlimited power was intrusted to the consuls:
videant consules (dent magistratus operam, provideant, etc.), ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat (accipiat), Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3; 1, 7, 4; Cic. Mil. 26, 70; id. Cat. 1, 2; id. Fam. 16, 11, 3; Liv. 3, 4 fin.—2. In the histt., the loss of a battle, defeat, overthrow (cf. calamitas and incommodum, no. II.), Caes. B. G. 5, 52; 6, 34, 7; 7, 19, 4 et saep.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dētrīmentum ī, n
de + 1 TER-, that which is worn away : ergastuli detrimenta (of men), wrecks of the work-house , Cu.— Wear and tear, loss, damage, detriment : exercitūs, Cs.: militum, Cs.: existimationis, N.: de te fieri detrimenti nil potest, T.: detrimenta communia: Detrimenta ridet, losses (of property), H.: adferre, to cause , Cs.: magnis inlatis detrimentis, Cs.: accipere, to suffer : militum, Cs.: res p. detrimentum fecit: in bonum vertere, Cs.: sine magno rei p. detrimento: alia facinora praedae magis quam detrimento fore S.: amicitiam populi R. sibi non detrimento esse, Cs.: quae detrimento nobis esse possint.—Esp., in the formula, by which unlimited power was intrusted to magistrates: dent operam consules, ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat, Cs.: ne quid detrimenti res p. accipiat.— The loss of a battle, defeat, overthrow : tot detrimentis acceptis, Cs.: parvulum, Cs.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindētrīmentum
Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Latin terō Latin dēterō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin dētrīmentum From dēterō + -mentum.
Descendants
- Catalandetriment
- Englishdetriment
- Frenchdétriment
- Italiandetrimento
- Portuguesedetrimento
- Romaniandetriment
- Spanishdetrimento
- Galiciandetrimento
In English words that came into English from dētrīmentum
- detrimentdētrīmentum
- detrimental*dētrīmentālis