waste (subs.) Copy link Outline I. DestructionII. Loss, diminution1. damnum2. detrīmentum3. dispendium4. jactūra5. intertrīmentum (w. by attrition)6. retrīmentum (refuse)7. rĕcīsāmentum (chips)8. rāmentum (shavings)III. Act of w.ing, throwing away carelessly1. effūsio2. prŏfūsioIV. A desert place1. vastĭtas2. sōlĭtūdo • waste (subs.): I. Destruction: vastātio, pŏpŭlātio, etc.: v. destruction, ravage. II. Loss, diminution: 1. damnum: the swift moons repair the w., celeres lunae reparant damna, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 13. 2. detrīmentum: to make up for w., reconcinnare detrimentum, Caes. B. C. 2, 15. 3. dispendium: without loss and w., sine damno et dispendio, Pl. Poen. 1, 1, 35. 4. jactūra: w. of property, jactura rei familiaris, Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79. 5. intertrīmentum (w. by attrition): in gold there is no w., in auro nihil fit intertrimenti, Liv. 34, 7, ad init. 6. retrīmentum (refuse): the w. of olives, r. oleae, Varr. R. R. 1, 64. 7. rĕcīsāmentum (chips): Plin. 8. rāmentum (shavings): w. of iron, ferri r., Lucr. 6, 1044: of wood, ligni, Plin. III. Act of w.ing, throwing away carelessly: 1. effūsio: w. apes liberality, effusio imitatur liberalitatem., Cic. Part. 23, 81. 2. prŏfūsio: excessive w., nimia p., Plin. Ep. 2, 4. Or expr. by sumptus effusi, luxuria profusa: v. dissipation. IV. A desert place: 1. vastĭtas: what a wilderness, what a w., quae solitudo, quae vastitas, Cic. Verr. 4, 51, 114. 2. sōlĭtūdo: they had hidden themselves in w.s and woods, se in s. et in silvas abdiderant, Caes. B. G. 4, 18.
waste (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. vastus (empty, desolate, without trees or buildings)2. dēsertus (lonely, desert)3. incultus (uncultivated)1. vastāre2. pŏpŭlāri • waste (adj.): 1. vastus (empty, desolate, without trees or buildings): a kind of land w. and desert, genus agrorum vastum atque desertum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70. 2. dēsertus (lonely, desert): w. places, loca deserta, Caes. B. G. 5, 53. 3. incultus (uncultivated): w. regions, incultae regiones, Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24. Phr.: to lay w.: 1. vastāre: fields laid w., agri vastati, Caes. B. G. 1, 11. 2. pŏpŭlāri: to lay w. fields, agros p., Caes. B. G. 1, 11: v. to devastate: Troy is laid w., fit vasta Troja, Pl. Bac. 4, 9, 130. Phr.: there is w. (empty) space, vacat spatium, Lucr. 1, 508: lands lie w., agri vacant, Caes. B. G. 4, 3: w. paper, chartae ineptae (silly, useless writings, such as we use thus): whatever is wrapped up in w. paper, quicquid chartis amicitur ineptis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 270.
waste (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 32. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 33. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to destroy, spoil)4. perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to squander, lose)5. dissĭpo, 1 (to w. by scattering)6. prŏfundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to w. by pouring out)7. vasto, 1 (to lay w.)II. Intrans.1. tabesco, bui, 32. contābesco (of gradual w.ing)3. consūmor, confĭcĭor • waste (v.): I. Trans.: 1. consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3: to lavish and w. in luxury, per luxuriam effundere atque consumere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: w.d by fire, incendio consumptus, Liv. 25, 7: w.d by grief, moerore c., Liv. 40, 54. 2. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: fires would w. the woods, ignes conficerent silvas, Lucr. 1, 905: w.d by age, confectus senectute, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21. 3. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to destroy, spoil): to w. by fire, incendio c., Caes. B. G. 7, 55: to w. opportunities, c. opportunitates, Sall. C. 43. 4. perdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (to squander, lose): let him use up., w., consumat, perdat, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 56: to w. time, p. tempus, Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146: to w. pains, p. operam, id. Mur. 10, 23. 5. dissĭpo, 1 (to w. by scattering): to w. property, d. rem familiarem, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 5. 6. prŏfundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to w. by pouring out): they have w.d their patrimonies, patrimonia profuderunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10. 7. vasto, 1 (to lay w.): v. phrases under waste (adj.). II. Intrans.: to waste away: 1. tabesco, bui, 3: moisture w.s through heat, humor tabescit calore, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26: to w. away with grief, t. luctu, Lucr. 3, 924. 2. contābesco (of gradual w.ing): Artemisia w.d away worn out by grief, Artemisia luctu confecta contabuit, Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75. 3. consūmor, confĭcĭor: v. supr.
WASTE Copy link • WASTE 1. v. Transitively. To consume, destroy, consumere: absumere: conficere (e.g., of care, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) conficere et consumere: haurire (of fire; of which consumere, absumere, are also used). Anybody is wasted by grief, aegritudo exest alicujus animum: to be wasted by grief, maerore consumi: to waste one’s energies, strength, etc., vires consumere: time wastes all things, nihil est quod non conficiat vetustas: to waste itself, se conficere; tabescere: wasting, tabificus (e.g., perturbationes, morbus); omnia hauriens (of fire). To lavish (e.g., PROP.), effundere, conficere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) effundere et consumere: dissipare: obligurire: lacerare (e.g., patrimonium, patria bona): perdere (e.g., tempus; or tempore abuti). To devastate, Vid: Intransitively, se conficere: tabescere: contabescere (to waste away gradually; of persons; e.g., morbo, desiderio). 2. adj. Desolate, Vid: Devastated, by the past participle of verbs in To DEVASTATE. To lay waste, vastare; devastare; pervastare; populari; depopulari; perpopulari [SYN. in To DEVASTATE]: to lay waste by fire and sword, ferro ignique or igni ferroque vastare; ferro flammisque pervastare. Uncultivated, incultus (opposed to cultus or consitus): vastus (not planted with trees or built upon; opposed to consitus, coaedificatus). To stand or lie waste, vacare (of places or districts of a country, etc.; Vid: also, UNCULTIVATED). Stripped, [Vid: DEPRIVED]. Worthless, useless, parvi pretii (of little value): tenuis (slight, trifling): levis (without intrinsic value, slight; facete levidensis; Vid: also, SLIGHT). Waste-book, adversaria, -orum, neuter (of merchants, Cic., Rosc. Com., 2, 5): manuale (ap. Martialis, 14, 84, a book of notices): epitome (ἐπιτομή = summarium: liber in angustum coactus): enchiridion (ἐγχειρίδιον, a hand-book, Pomponius, Dig. 1, 2, 2). Waste lands, loca deserta or inculta; campi inculti (poetical): also, deserta et inhospita tesqua (Hor., Ep., 1, 14, 19): loca exusta solis ardoribus (parched up by the sun): also, regio deserta: loca deserta, or simply deserta, -orum, neuter (uninhabited from sterility, etc.): also to be formed by vastus ab natura et humano cultu (entirely waste, Sall., Jug., 48, 2). Waste-paper, chartae ineptae (Hor., Ep., 2, 1, 270). To be used for waste-paper, inter chartas ineptas referri: to write verses fit only for waste-paper, *scribere carmina quae inter chartas ineptas referri debent: a sheet of waste-paper, charta inepta (Hor., Ep., 2, 1, 270). Waste-wood, scobis or scobs (fragments of boring, filing, rasping, sawing, etc.): recisamentum (from carving, etc.). 3. s. Destruction, Vid: Desolate tract of land [Vid: “WASTE lands,” DESERT]. Encroachment on a waste, building erected on a waste, proaedificatum (= “quod in publicum solum processit,” Festus). Useless expenditure, sumtus effusi or profusi: profusa luxuria (luxury in general): profusio (profusion, the act of spending wastefully; Vid: DISSIPATION). Loss, damnum: detrimentum: dispendium. [SYN. in LOSS.] (The words are found in this connection and order.) damnum et detrimentum: jactura atque damnum, or jactura et detrimentum. Fallings-off in the working of any material, ramentum (of metals, skins, etc., by filing, scraping, etc.): scobis or scobs (of wood, metals, by sawing, filing, boring, etc.): intertrimentum: retrimentum (by melting): recisamentum (by carving, chiseling, etc.). Mischief, fraus (injury on the part of another by which we suffer): noxa (damage which anybody causes by destroying anything). A wasting disease; Vid. CONSUMPTION, DECLINE.