_usui_ or _ex usu esse_—to be of use.
_utilitatem afferre, praebere_—to be serviceable.
_multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre_—to considerably (in no
way) further the common good.
_aliquid in usum suum conferre_—to employ in the furtherance of one's
interests.
_omnia ad suam utilitatem referre_—to consider one's own advantage in
everything.
_rationibus alicuius prospicere_ or _consulere_ (opp. _officere,
obstare, adversari_)—to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.
_commodis alicuius servire_—to look after, guard a person's interests,
welfare.
_commoda alicuius tueri_—to look after, guard a person's interests,
welfare.
_meae rationes ita tulerunt_—my interests demanded it.
_fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re_[1]—to
derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing.
_fructus ex hac re redundant in_ or _ad me_—(great) advantage accrues
to me from this.
_aliquid ad meum fructum redundat_—I am benefited by a thing.
_quid attinet?_ with Infin.—what is the use of?
_cui bono?_—who gets the advantage from this? who is the interested
party?
_damnum_ (opp. _lucrum_) _facere_—to suffer loss, harm, damage.[2]
_damno affici_—to suffer loss, harm, damage.
_detrimentum capere, accipere, facere_—to suffer loss, harm, damage.
_iacturam_[3] _alicuius rei facere_—to throw away, sacrifice.
_damnum inferre, afferre alicui_—to do harm to, injure any one.
_damnum ferre_—to know how to endure calamity.
_incommodo afficere aliquem_—to inconvenience, injure a person.
_incommodis mederi_—to relieve a difficulty.
_damnum_ or _detrimentum sarcire_ (not _reparare_)—to make good,
repair a loss or injury.
_damnum compensare cum aliqua re_—to balance a loss by anything.
_res repetere_—to demand restitution, satisfaction.
_res restituere_—to give restitution, satisfaction.
[1] Also _fructum alicuius rei capere, percipere, ferre, consequi ex
aliqua re_—e.g. _virtutis fructus ex re publica (magnos, laetos,
uberes) capere_ = to be handsomely rewarded by the state for one's
high character.
[2] Notice too _calamitatem, cladem, incommodum accipere_, to suffer
mishap, reverse, inconvenience; _naufragium facere_, to be shipwrecked.
[3] _damnum_ (opp. _lucrum_) = loss, especially of worldly
possessions; _detrimentum_ (opp. _emolumentum_) = harm inflicted by
others; _fraus_ = deceitful injury; _iactura_ (properly "throwing
overboard") = the intentional sacrifice of something valuable in order
either to avert injury or to gain some greater advantage. "Harmful" =
_inutilis, qui nocet_, etc., not _noxius_, which is only used
absolutely—e.g. _homo noxius_, the offender, evildoer.