Meaning of iactūra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a throwing away
   declension-1
2. throwing overboard, jettison
   declension-1
3. sacrifice
   declension-1, figuratively
4. loss
   declension-1, figuratively

Examples

“Sed medici quoque graviores morbos asperis remediis curant, et gubernator, ubi nafraugium timet, iactura quidquid servari potest redimit.”

But physicians also cure more desperate maladies by harsh remedies, and a pilot, when he fears shipwreck, rescues by jettison whatever can be saved.

“Non magna iactura suorum”

Without great loss of their [men]

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