damnum

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

damnum (uncountable)

1. (law) harm; detriment

Related terms

• damnous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• (Late Latin) dampnum

Etymology

Formed from archaic neuter participle of dō (“give”)

Noun

damnum (genitive damnī); n, second declension

1. damage or injury
2. (financial) loss
3. a fine

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	damnum	damna
genitive	damnī	damnōrum
dative	damnō	damnīs
accusative	damnum	damna
ablative	damnō	damnīs
vocative	damnum	damna

Derived terms

• injuria sine damno

Descendants

Albanian: dëm Asturian: dañu Catalan: dany Dalmatian: damno English: damage French: dam, dommage Italian: danno

Occitan: damatge Portuguese: dano Romanian: daună Romansch: donn Sardinian: dànnu Sicilian: damaggiu Spanish: daño

References

• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary