loss Copy link Outline I. The act of losingII. The damage sustained1. damnum (opp. to lucrum2. dētrīmentum (damage, injury; as opp. to emolumentum, gain, profit3. jactūra (strictly, the throwing overboard of part of a cargo to save the rest)4. intertrīmentum (loss from wear and tearIII. Milit. term the l. of a battle, adversa pugna (v. DEFEAT) the l. was about equal on either side, caedes prope par utrinque fuit, Liv. 21, 29. cf. TO LOSE (V.).IV. Perplexity • loss: I. The act of losing: āmissio Cic.: Plin. (But usu. expr. by verb: on account of the l. of his patrimony, patrimonio amisso: with the l. of 100 men, C. militibus caesis, occisis, desideratis, etc.: v. to lose, throughout.) II. The damage sustained: 1. damnum (opp. to lucrum: esp. loss in business, etc.): to incur some l., aliquid damni contrahere, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91: to suffer a l., d. facere, Cic. Br. 33, 125; accipere, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 28: cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 10. 2. dētrīmentum (damage, injury; as opp. to emolumentum, gain, profit: cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 69) to sustain l. (or damage), d. capere, accipere, Cic. Fam. 10, 18; ib. 24, extr. 3. jactūra (strictly, the throwing overboard of part of a cargo to save the rest): in commercial sense, to incur some l., j. aliquam facere, Cic. Att. 12, 29: Col. Join: jacturae et detrimenta [rei familiaris], Auct. B. Alex. 49. 4. intertrīmentum (loss from wear and tear: rare): no l. whatever (in using gold ornamentally), nihil intertrimenti, Liv. 34, 7: in gen. sense, not without great l., non sine i. magno, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 39 cf. Parry, ad l. Also, intertritura, Dig. III. Milit. term the l. of a battle, adversa pugna (v. defeat) the l. was about equal on either side, caedes prope par utrinque fuit, Liv. 21, 29. cf. to lose (V.). IV. Perplexity: in phr. to be at a l.: Phr.: the physicians are at a l., nec medici se inveniunt, Petr. 47: Sen.: he is utterly at a l., haeret in salebra, Cic. (v. to gravel, II.): also expr. by dubius, incertus, etc.: v. uncertain; to hesitate.