ēmolimentum

ēmŏlŭmentum or ēmŏlĭmentum (cf. monumentum), i, n. [emolior; lit., a working out; hence],

A striving for success, i. e. effort, exertion, labor (cf. elaboro;

rarely): neque enim magnum emolumentum esse potest,

can present no great difficulty, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1 (but in Caes. B. G. 1, 34, the true reading is molimento). —

Concr., a work, a building, etc.: vetera, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 19.—Far more freq.,

The attainment of success, i. e. gain, profit, advantage, benefit (syn.: lucrum, quaestus, compendium, commodum, fructus, reditus).

Absol.: et emolumenta et detrimenta (quae ôphelêmata et blammata appellant) communia esse voluerunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 21;

so opp. detrimentum,

id. 1, 16, 53; cf.

opp. damnum,

Suet. Aug. 25:

nullum emolumentum esse, nullum injustitia partum praemium tantum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 16 fin.;

so with praemium,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 346; cf.

with utilitas,

id. ib. 1, 8 fin.:

boni nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem,

id. Mil. 12, 32; cf. id. Font. 8, 17; id. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Fam. 7, 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 4; 6, 39; 21, 43; Quint. 3, 8, 7; * Lucr. 5, 166 et saep.; of persons:

ut quam maximum emolumentum novis sociis esset,

Liv. 22, 22, 7.—

With gen.:

emolumenta rerum fallacibus judiciis vident... poenam non vident,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

victoriae,

Vell. 2, 105 fin.:

belli,

id. 2, 114, 4; Just. 9, 1, 2:

pacis,

Tac. A. 11, 7:

ergastulorum,

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

laborum,

Juv. 3, 22:

sacramentorum (with praemia),

id. 16, 35 et saep.:

honoris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 68.

quaestus, ūs (archaic gen. quaesti, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 5; id. Poen. prol. 95; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 38; Titin., Nov., Turp., and Caecil. ap. Non. 483, 19 sq.; Varr. ib. 492, 20.— Gen. quaestuis, Varr. ap. Non. 483, 32), m. [quaero], a gaining, acquiring; gain, acquisition, profit, advantage (quite class.; syn.: lucrum, emolimentum).

Lit.:

quaestus pecuniae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 1:

emendi aut vendendi quaestu et lucro duci,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

pauperes homines, quibus nec quaestus est, nec, etc.,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 2:

ad suom quemque hominem quaestum esse aequomst callidum,

id. As. 1, 3, 34:

quaestus ac lucrum unius agri, et unius anni,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 106:

cum quaestu compendioque dimittere,

id. ib. 2, 2, 3, §

6: quibus fides, decus, pietas, postremo honesta atque inhonesta omnia quaestui sunt,

are venal, are turned to gain, Sall. J. 31, 12:

quaestui deditum esse,

id. C. 13, 5:

quaestui servire,

Cels. 3, 4:

ad suom quaestum callere,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 40:

in quaestu esse,

to bring gain, be turned to profit, Quint. 1, prooem. § 13: quaestui habere rem publicam, to derive advantage, enrich one ' s self, by the administration of public affairs, Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77:

pecuniam in quaestu relinquere,

to let out money at interest, on usury, id. Pis. 35, 86.—

Prov.: non potest quaestus consistere, si eum sumptus superat,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 74; cf.:

is (sumptibus suis) vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet,

i. e. he could spend all the tithes offered to Hercules, id. Most. 4, 2, 68:

omnes homines ad suom quaestum callent et fastidiunt,

every one looks to his own interest, id. Truc. 2, 5, 40; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 62.—

Transf., a way of making money, a business, occupation, employment, trade:

meretricius,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44.— Plur.:

meretricii quaestus,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2, 4:

de quaestibus, qui liberales habendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 50:

malus,

id. Most. 3, 2, 92.—

Of a prostitute (freq. and class.): corpore indignum quaestum facere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 21; Liv. 26, 33, 8; Tac. A. 2, 85; Val. Max. 6, 1, 6:

quaestum corpore factitare,

id. 6, 1, 10; so without corpore:

uti quaestum faceret,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 27:

quaestum occipit,

id. And. 1, 1, 52; id. Ad. 2, 1, 52; Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 30.—Of a parasite:

antiquom quaestum meum alimoniae servo,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 1. —

Trop., gain, profit, advantage: qui sui quaestus causā fictas suscitant sententias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88 (Trag. v. 447 Vahl.):

ut quaestui habeant male loqui melioribus,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 12:

nullum in eo facio quaestum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 1:

est autem quaestus magnus pietas,

Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 6.