lucrum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”) + *-tlom. Cognate with Laverna, Ancient Greek ἀπολαύω (apolaúō, “to enjoy”), λείᾱ (leíā), Sanskrit लोत्र (lotra, “booty”), German Lohn (“reward, wages”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 (laun).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.krum/, [ˈɫʊ.krũ]

Noun

lucrum n (genitive lucrī); second declension

  1. profit, advantage
  2. love of gain, avarice

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lucrum lucra
Genitive lucrī lucrōrum
Dative lucrō lucrīs
Accusative lucrum lucra
Ablative lucrō lucrīs
Vocative lucrum lucra

Antonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • lucripeta
  • lucrius
  • lucror
  • lucrōsus

Descendants

References
  • lucrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lucrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lucrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lucrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to suffer loss, harm, damage.[2: damnum (opp. lucrum) facere
    • to make profit out of a thing: lucrum facere (opp. damnum facere) ex aliqua re
    • to consider a thing as profit: in lucro ponere aliquid (Flacc. 17. 40)
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