damnatio
οὔ τι τὰ πολλὰ ἔπη φρονίμην ἀπεφήνατο δόξαν → a multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind, many words do not declare an understanding heart
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
damnātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I condemnation (good prose).
I Prop.
A In gen.: (video) omnes damnatos, omnes ignominia affectos, omnes damnatione ignominiaque dignos illuc facere, etc., Cic. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Verr. 2, 2, 41: quid est illa damnatione judicatum, nisi, etc.? id. Clu. 20: si damnatio ingruit, Tac. A, 4, 35: certi damnationis, Suet. Tib. 61 al.—In eccl. Lat. esp. of the displeasure of God: quorum damnatio justa est, Vulg. Rom. 3, 8; 8, 1.—In plur.: reorum acerbissimae damnationes (opp. libidinosissimae liberationes), Cic. Pis. 36; Tac. A. 3, 31 fin.—With gen. of the offence: ambitus, Cic. Clu. 36, 98; of the punishment: tantae pecuniae, id. Verr. 2, 17, 42.—With ad and accus. of the punishment: ad furcam, Dig. 48, 19, 28: hominis ad carnificinam, dei ad poenam sempiternam, Lact. 5, 11, 8; animarum ad aeterna supplicia, id. 2, 12, 9.—
B Esp. with reference to the meaning of damnas (v. h. v.): an heir's obligation to pay, Paul. Sent. 3, 6.—
II Transf., of inanimate things: apiastrum in confessa damnatione est venenatum, Plin. 20, 11, 45, § 116.
