"Ubi Donatus. Proprie _calamitatem_ rustici vocant quod
comminuat _calamum_; h.e. culmen et segetem."
The etymology of its synonym, "_disaster_," is more direct--[Greek:
dhus hasthaer], a star of evil influence, or, as we say, "born under
an ill planet."
[Greek: Philologos]