iactura

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From iaciō +‎ -tūra. ==== 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. (figuratively) sacrifice (figuratively) loss ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== iactūra inflection of iactūrus: nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === References === “iactura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "iactura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)