gain (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. lucrum (most gen. term for pecuniary or other profit)2. quaestus, ūs (money getting; profit made by a calling or trade)3. ēmŏlŭmentum (advantage of any kind)4. compendium (strictly, a saving, opp. to paying out, dispendium)5. merces, ēdis, f. (hire, wages)6. fēnus, ŏris, n. (on money lent)7. captūra (dishonest, immoral g.) • gain (subs.): 1. lucrum (most gen. term for pecuniary or other profit): to make g. by the public revenues, ex publicis vectigalibus [tanta] lucra facere, Cic. Verr. 3, 38, 86: to set a thing down as so much g., aliquid in lucris ponere, Cic. Fam. 7, 24; lucro apponere, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 14: aliquid in lucro esse deputare, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 16. Dimin. lŭcellum, small or petty g., Cic.: Hor. 2. quaestus, ūs (money getting; profit made by a calling or trade): men who make g. of everything, quibus omnia quaestui sunt, Sall. Jug. 31, med.: pecuniary g., q. pecuniae, Caes. B. G. 6, 17. Join: quaestus ac lucrum, Cic. Verr. 3, 44, 106. Dimin. quaesticulus, small, petty g., Cic. Div. 2, 15, init. 3. ēmŏlŭmentum (advantage of any kind): esp. opp. to detrimentum (profit and loss), Cic. Fin. 3, 21, init.: without g. or bribe, sine e. ac praemio, Cic.: v. advantage. 4. compendium (strictly, a saving, opp. to paying out, dispendium): to do aught for g.'s sake, aliquid compendii sui causa facere, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 63: private g., privatum c., Liv. Join: cum quaestu compendioque, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, 6. 5. merces, ēdis, f. (hire, wages): to follow humble g.s, parvas m. sequi, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: v. wages. 6. fēnus, ŏris, n. (on money lent): v. interest. 7. captūra (dishonest, immoral g.): the g.s of prostitution capturae prostitutarum, Suet. Cal. 40.