damnosus
damnosus, injurious, destructive, pernicious
damnōsus, a, um, adj. [damnum], full of injury; and hence,
- I Act., that causes injury, injurious, hurtful, destructive, pernicious (very freq. since the Aug. period, not in Cicero or Caesar): quid tibi commerci est cum dis damnosissimis? Plaut. Bac. 1, 2, 9 (117); cf. Venus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 21: libido, id. ib. 2, 1, 107: canes, the worst cast of the tali (v. canis), Prop. 4, 8, 46; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 65 al.: et reipublicae et societatibus infidus damnosusque, Liv. 25, 1: bellum sumptuosum et damnosum ipsis Romanis, id. 45, 3; Ov. M. 10, 707 et saep.— *
- II Pass., that suffers injury, injured, unfortunate: senex, Plaut. Epid. 2, 3, 14 (319).—
- III Mid., that injures himself, wasteful, prodigal; a spendthrift: dites mariti, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 24 (485): id. Ps. 1, 5, 1 (415); Ter. Heaut. 1034: non in alia re damnosior quam in aedificando, Suet. Ner. 31.—* Adv.: damnōse (acc. to no. I.), in conversational language = immodice: nos nisi damnose bibimus, moriemur inulti, to the injury of the host, i. e. deep, hard, Hor. S. 2, 8, 34.
si lis aliqua ~a intra ambitum messagii alicui eorum evenerit(
lapides ‥ hostibus in conflictu ~issimos
in loco nobis minus ~o et magis utili R. predicto
intendit enervare composicionem factam, quod esset nobis et vobis ~um
~a est hodie studio Latinorum Greci sermonis inscicia
didicimus ‥ grave et ~um imminere periculum
ut ~e gentilitatis ritu deposito sacrosancto fidei merearis signaculo insigniri(
damnōsus, (11) a, um (damnum), ¶ 1 [en parl. de pers. et de choses] qui cause du tort, dommageable, nuisible, funeste [avec dat.] : Liv. 25, 1, 4 ; 45, 3 ; damnosum est av. inf. Sen. Ep. 7, 2, il est nuisible de || [abst ] un fléau : Ter. Haut. 1034 ; damnosissimus Pl. Bacch. 117 ¶ 2 qui dépense, qui se ruine, prodigue : Pl. Epid. 319 ; damnosior Suet. Nero 31.
- 1. schadelijk, verderfelijk; ➤ voluptas -a; bellum -um Romanis; discordia tribunorum rei publicae -a;
- 2. (poët.; postklass.) spilziek.
damnōsus adj.with comp.and sup.
- damnum, injurious, destructive, pernicious: ingenia, L.: Venus, H.: libido, H.: artes, O.: bellum Romanis, L.: discordia damnosior rei p., L.: res damnosissima divitibus, L.: virtus duobus, O.: canes, the worst cast of the dice, Pr.: dies, time, the destroyer, H.: pagina multā damnosa papyro, i. e. costly, Iu.—As substm., a prodigal, T.