damage (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In general sense1. damnum2. dētrīmentum (loss of any kind3. incommŏdum (disadvantage4. călămĭtas5. injūriaII. At law • damage (subs.): I. In general sense: 1. damnum: if the merchandise shall have sustained any d., si mercatura damni aliquid contraxerit, Cic.: much d. was sustained, magnum d. factum est, Cic.: to repair d., d. resarcire, Suet.; supplere, Tac.; reparare, Col.: to make compensation for d., damna dissolvere, Cic. 2. dētrīmentum (loss of any kind: less strong than 1): when calamity comes, then d. is sustained, cum venit calamitas, tum d. accipitur, Cic.: let the consuls see that the state suffer no d., videant consules nequid respublica detrimenti capiat, Cic.: Caes.: Liv. 3. incommŏdum (disadvantage: a milder word than the preceding): and you will do that without any d. to yourself, nec id inc. tuo feceris, Cic.: to repair by bravery d. sustained, acceptam inc. virtute sarcire, Caes. 4. călămĭtas: v. calamity. 5. injūria: v. injury. II. At law: Phr.: to assess d.s in a civil action, litem aestimare, Cic.: to assess d.s severely, lites severe aestimare, Cic.: we do not demur to that assessment of d.s, quominus secundum eas tabulas lis detur non recusamus, Cic.: an action for d.s, noxalis actio, Gai.: to double the d.s for a trespass, noxiam duplione decernere, Plin.: (in Gaius, d. done to property is damnum; d. done to person, injuriae, arum: and "damages," poena, or poena constituta): to bring an action for d.s, damni (or injuriarum) actionem alicui intendere, Cic.; damni agere cum aliquo, Cic.: to be cast in an action for d.s, in actione damni litem perdere, Gai.: to get d.s, damni poenam consequi, Gai.: to pay d.s, damnum alicui praestare, Cic.; de injuriis satisfacere, Caes.: v. hurt, injury.