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^crum , i, n. root laf-; Gr. λάω, ἀπολαύω; Goth. Laun; Germ. Lohn; cf. Laverna,
I.gain, profit, advantage (syn.: quaestus, compendium; cf.: commodum, fructus).
I. Lit.: “rem gero et facio lucrum,Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34: “quoi di sunt homini propitii lucrum ei obiciunt,id. Curc. 4, 2, 44: “non ego omnino lucrum omne esse utile homini existumo,id. Capt. 2, 2, 75: “lucrum facere (opp. damnum facere),id. ib. 2, 2, 77: “vendendi quaestu et lucro ducerentur,Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9: “aliquid ad praedam lucrumque revocare,id. Phil. 3, 12, 30: “qui ex publicis vectigalibus tanta lucra fecit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 38, § 86: “frumentaria lucra exigere,id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § “85: dat de lucro, nihil detrahit de vivo: minus igitur lucri facit,id. Fl. 37, 91: “lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet,Juv. 14, 208: lucro est, it is profitable, advantageous: “nobis lucro fuisti potius quam decori tibi,Plaut. As. 1, 3, 40: “amanti amoenitas malo est, nobis lucro,id. Men. 2, 3, 5: “quod in divinis rebus sumptumst sapienti lucrost,id. Mil. 3, 1, 81; id. Cist. 1, 1, 52: ponere or deputare in lucro, to count as gain: “omne id deputare esse in lucro,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 16; 21: “id ego in lucris pono,Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1; cf.: “quem sors dierum cunque dabit lucro Appone,Hor. C. 1, 9, 14: “in lucro, quae datur hora, mihi est,Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 67: lucri facere, to gain, get the credit of: “quae ille universa naturali quodam bono fecit lucri,Nep. Thras. 1; “v. lucrifacio: lucrum et damnum,profit and loss, Gai. Inst. 3, 150; Ulp. Fragm. 25, 15; cf.: “qui mensis damnis, quae dentur tempora lucro,Juv. 6, 571: quom scis jam senex, tum in otium Te conloces, dum potis ames; “id jam lucrist, Quor vivas,Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10: “de lucro prope jam quadriennium vivimus,” i. e. as by a miracle, in constant, imminent danger of death, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1: “de lucro tibi vivere me scito,Liv. 40, 8, 2: “qui (Mercurius) me in mercimoniis Juvit lucrisque quadruplicavit rem meam,Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 4.—
II. Transf.
A. Love of gain, avarice: “lucri pallida tabes,Luc. 4, 96: “impius lucri furor,Sen. Hippol. 4, 540.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (20):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.24.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.17.1
    • New Testament, 1 Timothy, 3.8
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.86
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.12.30
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.3
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.2
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Curculio, 4.2
    • Plautus, Mercator, 3.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.1
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 2.3
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.3
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.96
    • Cornelius Nepos, Thrasybulus, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 8.2
    • Seneca, Phaedra, 540
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.3
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.3
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