disaster Copy link Outline 1. clādis, is, f. (usu. a defeat in battle)2. călămĭtas3. incommŏdum (a milder word) • disaster: 1. clādis, is, f. (usu. a defeat in battle): to sustain a d. (a defeat), cl. accipere, Caes.: to cause a d., cl. afferre, Cic.; inferre, Liv.; facere, Sall. (all with dat.): a public d., cl. civitatis, Cic.: private d.s, cl. privatae, Liv. 2. călămĭtas: v. calamity. 3. incommŏdum (a milder word): Caes. (Sometimes infortunium, res adversae, etc., may do: v. misfortune.)