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V. Human Life; its various Relations and Conditions
11. Utility – Advantage – Harm – Disadvantage
Оглавлениеusui or ex usu esse– to be of use.
utilitatem afferre, praebere– to be serviceable.
multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre– to considerably (in no way) further the common good.
aliquid in usum suum conferre– to employ in the furtherance of one's interests.
omnia ad suam utilitatem referre– to consider one's own advantage in everything.
rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari) – to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.
commodis alicuius servire– to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.
commoda alicuius tueri– to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.
meae rationes ita tulerunt– my interests demanded it.
fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re 72– to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing.
fructus ex hac re redundant in or ad me– (great) advantage accrues to me from this.
aliquid ad meum fructum redundat– I am benefited by a thing.
quid attinet? with Infin. – what is the use of?
cui bono?– who gets the advantage from this? who is the interested party?
damnum (opp. lucrum) facere– to suffer loss, harm, damage.73
damno affici– to suffer loss, harm, damage.
detrimentum capere, accipere, facere– to suffer loss, harm, damage.
iacturam 74 alicuius rei facere– to throw away, sacrifice.
damnum inferre, afferre alicui– to do harm to, injure any one.
damnum ferre– to know how to endure calamity.
incommodo afficere aliquem– to inconvenience, injure a person.
incommodis mederi– to relieve a difficulty.
damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare) – to make good, repair a loss or injury.
damnum compensare cum aliqua re– to balance a loss by anything.
res repetere– to demand restitution, satisfaction.
res restituere– to give restitution, satisfaction.
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Also fructum alicuius rei capere, percipere, ferre, consequi ex aliqua re– e.g. virtutis fructus ex re publica (magnos, laetos, uberes) capere = to be handsomely rewarded by the state for one's high character.
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Notice too calamitatem, cladem, incommodum accipere, to suffer mishap, reverse, inconvenience; naufragium facere, to be shipwrecked.
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damnum (opp. lucrum) = loss, especially of worldly possessions; detrimentum (opp. emolumentum) = harm inflicted by others; fraus = deceitful injury; iactura (properly "throwing overboard") = the intentional sacrifice of something valuable in order either to avert injury or to gain some greater advantage. "Harmful" = inutilis, qui nocet, etc., not noxius, which is only used absolutely – e.g. homo noxius, the offender, evildoer.
