iactura
Latin
Participle
iactūra
- inflection of iactūrus:
- nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Noun
iactūra f (genitive iactūrae); first declension
- a throwing away
- throwing overboard, jettison
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book V, 9, 3
- Sed medici quoque graviores morbos asperis remediis curant, et gubernator, ubi nafraugium timet, iactura quidquid servari potest redimit.
- Translation by John Carew Rolfe:
- But physicians also cure more desperate maladies by harsh remedies, and a pilot, when he fears shipwreck, rescues by jettison whatever can be saved.
- Translation by John Carew Rolfe:
- Sed medici quoque graviores morbos asperis remediis curant, et gubernator, ubi nafraugium timet, iactura quidquid servari potest redimit.
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book V, 9, 3
- (figuratively) sacrifice
- (figuratively) loss
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 26:
- Non magna iactura suorum
- Without great loss of their [men]
- Non magna iactura suorum
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iactūra | iactūrae |
| Genitive | iactūrae | iactūrārum |
| Dative | iactūrae | iactūrīs |
| Accusative | iactūram | iactūrās |
| Ablative | iactūrā | iactūrīs |
| Vocative | iactūra | iactūrae |
Related terms
- iaciō
References
- “iactura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iactura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)