Latin

Participle

iactūra

1. nominative feminine singular of iactūrus
2. nominative neuter plural of iactūrus
3. accusative neuter plural of iactūrus
4. vocative feminine singular of iactūrus
5. vocative neuter plural of iactūrus

iactūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of iactūrus

Noun

iactura f ‎(genitive iacturae); first declension

1. a throwing away
2. 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.

3. (figuratively) sacrifice
4. (figuratively) loss

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

iacio

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, 1883–1887)