"damnum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈdam.nũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdam.num] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”), from the root *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, lose”), whence also daps (“sacrificial meal, feast”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*dapnom}} Proto-Italic *dapnom, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*dh₂pnóm|t=expense, investment}} Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”) Head templates: {{la-noun|damnum<2>}} damnum n (genitive damnī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|damnum<2>}} Forms: damnī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], damnum [nominative, singular], damna [nominative, plural], damnī [genitive, singular], damnōrum [genitive, plural], damnō [dative, singular], damnīs [dative, plural], damnum [accusative, singular], damna [accusative, plural], damnō [ablative, singular], damnīs [ablative, plural], damnum [singular, vocative], damna [plural, vocative], dampnum [alternative, Late-Latin]
  1. damage or injury Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: vulnus, dētrīmentum, incommoditās, calamitās, pauperiēs, maleficium, iniūria, noxa, plāga, fraus
    Sense id: en-damnum-la-noun-tnHHQve4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 43 29 28
  2. (financial) loss, disadvantage Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: āmissiō, pauperiēs, dētrīmentum, calamitās
    Sense id: en-damnum-la-noun-qWeM0Tr7 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Finance Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 30 45 25 Disambiguation of Finance: 6 74 20 Topics: business, finance, financial
  3. fine, mulct, penalty Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms: multa
    Sense id: en-damnum-la-noun-CWAcFK42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *damnāticum [Latin, vulgar], damnō, indemnis

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “loss”",
      "word": "lucrum"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "*damnāticum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "damnō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "indemnis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*dapnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *dapnom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*dh₂pnóm",
        "t": "expense, investment"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”), from the root *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, lose”), whence also daps (“sacrificial meal, feast”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "damnī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dampnum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "damnum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "damnum n (genitive damnī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "damnum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 29 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "damage or injury"
      ],
      "id": "en-damnum-la-noun-tnHHQve4",
      "links": [
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ],
        [
          "injury",
          "injury"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vulnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommoditās"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "pauperiēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "maleficium"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "plāga"
        },
        {
          "word": "fraus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 45 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 74 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "la:Finance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "loss, disadvantage"
      ],
      "id": "en-damnum-la-noun-qWeM0Tr7",
      "links": [
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "disadvantage",
          "disadvantage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(financial) loss, disadvantage"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "āmissiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "pauperiēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance",
        "financial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fine, mulct, penalty"
      ],
      "id": "en-damnum-la-noun-CWAcFK42",
      "links": [
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "mulct",
          "mulct"
        ],
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "multa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdam.nũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdam.num]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damnum"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “loss”",
      "word": "lucrum"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Finance"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "*damnāticum"
    },
    {
      "word": "damnō"
    },
    {
      "word": "indemnis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*dapnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *dapnom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*dh₂pnóm",
        "t": "expense, investment"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *dapnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm (“expense, investment”), from the root *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice, lose”), whence also daps (“sacrificial meal, feast”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "damnī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dampnum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "damnum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "damnum n (genitive damnī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "damnum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "damage or injury"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "damage",
          "damage"
        ],
        [
          "injury",
          "injury"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vulnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "incommoditās"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "pauperiēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "maleficium"
        },
        {
          "word": "iniūria"
        },
        {
          "word": "noxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "plāga"
        },
        {
          "word": "fraus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "loss, disadvantage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "disadvantage",
          "disadvantage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(financial) loss, disadvantage"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "āmissiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "pauperiēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "dētrīmentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "calamitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance",
        "financial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fine, mulct, penalty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "mulct",
          "mulct"
        ],
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "multa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdam.nũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdam.num]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damnum"
}

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