emolumentum
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
Latin > English
emolumentum emolumenti N N :: advantage, benefit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ēmŏlŭmentum: or ēmŏlĭmentum (cf. monumentum), i, n. emolior; lit., a working out; hence,
I 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). —*
B Concr., a work, a building, etc.: vetera, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 19.—Far more freq.,
II The attainment of success, i. e. gain, profit, advantage, benefit (syn.: lucrum, quaestus, compendium, commodum, fructus, reditus).
(a) Absol.: et emolumenta et detrimenta (quae ὠφελήματα et βλάμματα 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.—
(b) 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēmŏlŭmentum,¹¹ ī, n., (emolo), avantage, profit, intérêt, gain, émolument : Cic. de Or. 2, 346 ; Mil. 32 ; emolumento esse alicui Cic. de Or. 1, 34, être utile à qqn, ou emolumentum esse alicui Liv. 22, 22, 7. sine magno commeatu atque emolumento [mss] Cæs. G. 1, 34, 3 ; neque enim magnum emolumentum esse potest Varro R. 3, 14. 1 ; dans ces deux passages on aurait le sens de « travail (exécution) pénible », cf. emolimentum, de emolior (ēmōlumentum).
Latin > German (Georges)
ēmōlumentum (auch ēmōlīmentum geschr.), ī, n. (emolior), I) abstr., das Erwirkte, die gute Wirkung, der gute Fortgang, gute Erfolg, dah. auch der gezogene Vorteil, der Nutzen, griech. ὠφέλεια (Ggstz. detrimentum, damnum, griech. βλάβη), absol., Cic. u.a.: emolumento esse, Cic.: m. Genet., emolumenta rerum, Cic.: em. victoriae, Vell.: emolumenta (Segnungen) pacis, Tac.: hiems emolumentum patrati belli contulit, mit dem Winter war der Krieg glücklich zu Ende, Vell. – v. Pers., ut quam maxumum emolumentum novis sociis esset, Liv. 22, 22, 7. – II) konkr., das zustande gebrachte Bauwerk, Cod. Theod . 15, 1, 19. – / Caes. b. G. 1, 34, 3 jetzt molimento.
