calamity Copy link Outline 1. călămĭtas2. clādes, is, f.3. mălum (the most general term4. fātum5. infortūnium, res adversa • calamity: 1. călămĭtas: a great public c., magna c. reipublicae, Cic.: to endure c.s, calamitates perferre, Caes. 2. clādes, is, f.: stronger than No. 1: v. disaster, defeat. 3. mălum (the most general term: v. evil): no c., nihil mali (with ref. to the death of Scipio), Cic.: yield not thou to c., tu ne cede malis, Virg.: civil c.s (i. e. wars, factions, etc.), civilia m., Cic. 4. fātum: a day of destruction and c., exitii ac f. dies, Cic.: v. fatality. 5. infortūnium, res adversa: v. misfortune, adversity. Phr.: in the midst of these c.s, in his asperitatibus rerum, Cic.. to be in the midst of c.s, in miseriis versari, Cic.: v. misery.