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  • 1 quaestus

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quaestus

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