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poena damni

poena damni noun: the pain caused by a sense of loss.

Noun

poena damni (uncountable)

  1. The pain caused by a sense of loss.
    • [T]his is the greatest torment which the created soul is capable of bearing, pœna damni, the pain of loss.1916, James Joyce, chapter III, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

Origin of poena damni

From Late Latin poena damni, from Classical Latin poena (“penalty, punishment”) + genitive of damnum (“loss”).

Questions about poena damni

What does poena damni mean?
Poena damni means the pain caused by a sense of loss.
What part of speech is poena damni?
Poena damni is a noun.

Words near poena damni in the dictionary

  1. poemlets
  2. poemlike
  3. poems
  4. POEMS syndrome
  5. poena cullei
  6. poena damni
  7. poenamu
  8. Poeni
  9. poenology
  10. poep
  11. poephagous

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