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detrimentum

detrimentum · n

a rubbing off

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Where it lives

Cato 1 · 23.36/10k
De Patientia 4 · 8.83/10k
De Bello Civili 23 · 7.12/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 7 · 6.71/10k
Gallieni Duo 2 · 5.44/10k
Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 3 · 3.56/10k
De bello Gallico 18 · 3.51/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 2 · 3/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Atticus 1 · 2.83/10k

Densest 12 of 68 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. dētrīmentum — Lewis & Short

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 w)felh/mata et bla/mmata 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.

2. détrimentum — Walde–Hofmann

détrimentum, -i n. „Abreiben, Abscheuerung, Abnutzung“ (limae, ferri usw., vgl. Cato mor. frg. 3); „Verminderung, Abnahme“ (opp. incrémentum); „Verlust, Schaden, Schlappe im Krieg“ (seit Ter. und Cato): zu déterere ,abreiben, abnutzen, Abbruch tun* fe Naev, und Plaut.), von der Basis *teri- wie in tri-v: (5. tero) und re-trimentum, -ı n. „Abfall, Exkremente* (seit Varro); vgl. termentum n. „Abreibung (der Füße)“, d. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. détrimentum, p. 376]

In the wild

detrimento Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.11.p1
detrimenta Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 8.38.5
Detrimentum Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 20.122.1
detrimentum Julius Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.24.4
detrimentum Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum index.p104
detrimento Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 10.33.3

6 of 187 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. détrimentum (scan pp. 376-377; entry #917). Root candidates: *teri-.

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