inter-trīmentum, i, n. [inter-tero; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 176 Müll.], loss by attrition, i. e. waste of gold or silver in melting or working it.
I Lit.: in auro, Liv. 34, 7, 4: argenti, id. 32, 2.—
II Trop., loss , damage (syn.: detrimentum, jactura): sine ullo intertrimento, * Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 50, § 132 Zumpt: sine magno intertrimento, Ter. Heaut. 448: nullum intertrimenti aut deminutionis vestigium, Cic. Font. 2, 3.