I.v. dep. a. [id.], to gain, win, acquire, get, make (as profit).
I. Lit.: “cum lucrari impune posset auri pondo decem,” Cic. Par. 3, 1: “ut locupletes suum perdant, debitores lucrentur alienum,” id. Off. 2, 24, 84: “stipendium,” to keep for one's self, put into one's own pocket, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 24, § 61: “Pythias emuncto lucrata Simone talentum,” Hor. A. P. 238: “lucrandi perdendive temeritas,” Tac. G. 24: “qui duo acceperat lucratus est alia duo,” Vulg. Matt. 25, 17: majorem partem lucrari, to receive the larger share of profit in a partnership, Gai. Inst. 3, 149.—
B. In partic., to gain by economy, to save: “occasione lucrandi salis,” Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 68.—
II. Trop., to acquire, gain, win: “qui domitā nomen ab Africā Lucratus rediit,” Hor. C. 4, 8, 19: “lucretur indicia veteris infamiae,” i. e. I will make him a present of them, I will not mention them, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33; Stat. Th. 9, 779.—
