calamitas

Meaning

1. (declension-3) loss, damage, harm
2. (declension-3) misfortune, calamity, disaster
3. (declension-3) military defeat
4. (declension-3) blight, crop failure

Concepts

disaster

misfortune

catastrophe

calamity

accident

mishap

misadventure

misery

natural resin

tough luck

tragedy

unluckiness

malfortune

bad luck

buskin

hecatomb

ill luck

loss

mischance

natural disaster

Opposite of

beneficium, favor, commodum, commoditās, victōria

Synonyms

clades

adversa

infelicitas

lues

res adversae

aerumma

Translations

Unglück

calamidade

desastre

καταστροφή

مصيبة

calamidad

mésaventure

calamité

disastro

Unfall

Unheil

catastrophe

désastre

نكبة

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kaˈɫa.mɪ.taːs]

Etymology

From unattested *calamis ("damaged") + -tās from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂emi- from *kelh₂- (“to beat”). Compare the negated incolumis from Proto-Italic *enkalamis, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥kl̥h₂emi-. Cognate with clādēs, Proto-Celtic *klamitos and others.
An old form by l-d-alternation is Old Latin kadamitās.