LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

ēmolumentum

ēmolumentum n (genitive ēmolumentī)

Meaning

  1. effort, exertion, labour
  2. advantage, benefit, gain, profit
    Dig. XVII.I.10.3 Ulpianus libro trigensimo primo ad edictum Si procurator meus pecuniam meam habeat, ex mora utique usuras mihi pendet. sed et si pecuniam meam faenori dedit usurasque consecutus est, consequenter dicemus debere eum praestare quantumcumque emolumentum sensit, sive ei mandavi sive non, quia bonae fidei hoc congruit, ne de alieno lucrum sentiat.If my procurator has my money, he surely has to pay me interest while in delay. But also when he loaned my money and reaped interest, then we say consequently that has to hand over all gain that he has enjoyed, whether I have mandated him or not, because it beseems good faith that he does not enjoy someone else’s meed.

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Lucrum · Emolumentum · Quæstus · Compendium

Lucrum and emolumentum denote gain, in any condition of life; lucrum (from lucar, locare,) gain deserved and earned by one’s self, in opp. to damnum; Cic. Fin. v. 30, etc.; like κέρδος; emolumentum (from molere) gain falling to one’s share without any exertion of one’s own, in opp. to detrimentum; Cic. Fin. i. 16, like ὠφέλημα; whereas quæstus and compendium denote gain in the course of trade; quæstus, rather the steadily continued gains of a regular occupation, earnings, in opp. to sumptus; Cic. Parad. vi. 3. Hor. Sat. i. 2. 19, like χρηματισμός; compendium, more a single gain of considerable amount, in opp. to dispendium. (v. 257.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēmolumentumēmolumenta
ēmolimenta
genitiveēmolumentī
ēmolimentī		ēmolumentōrum
ēmolimentōrum
dativeēmolumentō
ēmolimentō		ēmolumentīs
ēmolimentīs
accusativeēmolumentumēmolumenta
ēmolimenta
ablativeēmolumentō
ēmolimentō		ēmolumentīs
ēmolimentīs
vocativeēmolumentumēmolumenta
ēmolimenta

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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēmolumentum

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Latin ēmolō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin ēmolumentum From ēmolō (“to grind up”) + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalanemolument
  • Englishemolument
  • Frenchémolument
  • Italianemolumento
  • Portugueseemolumento
  • Romanianemolument
  • Spanishemolumento

In English words that came into English from ēmolumentum

  • emolumentēmolumentum

Quick answers

What does ēmolumentum mean in Latin?
ēmolumentum, a noun, means “effort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit, gain, profit”.
What is the genitive of ēmolumentum?
The genitive singular is ēmolumentī. ēmolumentum is neuter, second declension.
Where does ēmolumentum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēmolumentum.