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“advantage” in Latin
ūtilitāsusefulness, utility; expediency; advantagefruorto enjoy; to derive pleasure from; to engage (in)lucrumprofit, advantage; love of gain, avaricequaestusgain, acquisition, profit, advantage; occupation, employment, jobcompendiumsaving; profit or gain, especially made by saving; shortening, abbreviating; abridgementēmolumentumeffort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit, gain, profitprī̆ncipātusfirst place; rule; leadershipexcellōto elevate, raise up; to rise, elevate oneself; to exult, be elatedpraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superpercipiōto seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control); to perceive, observe, notice; to fee
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
advantage
conimodum (advantage: also of the adrantages belonging to an office): utilitas (serviceableness, advantage to be derived from anything): fructus (the produce of anything, the profit we derive from a harvesit, possession, bisiness, etc.): lucrum (opposed to damnum: gain, generally): quaestus (gain sought for and earned by trade or any continued labor): compendium (a saving: according to Döderlein, “a single gain of considirable amount” opposed to dispendium): emolumentum (according to Döderlein “opposed to detrimentum: gain falling to one’s share without any exertion of one’s own:” all the other authorities make it the opposite “gain designedly aimed at, and obtained by our own exertions:” nulla emolumenta laborum, Juv.). Advantage of ground, loci opportunitas. To derive advantage from, utilitatem or fructum ex aliqua re capere or percipere: lucrum or quaestum ex aliqua re facere. It is of advantage to me, est e re mea; est in rem meam; est mihi utlitati. To be of advantage to, utilem esse, usui esse, ex usu esse (to be serviceable): utilitatem or usum praebere, utilitatem afferre: prodesse, conducere: to anybody, esse ex usu alicujus: esse ex re or in rem alicujus (of a thing): alicui prodesse, etc. (of persons and things). To do anything with advantage to himself, aliquid ad suam utilitatem facere. To have an eye to his own advantage, aliquid ad fructum suum referre: privato suo commodo servire (of the habit). To have a keen or sharp eye to his own advantage, ad suum fructum callere or callidum esse.
Superiority, principatus, prior locus: excellentia, praestantia (excellence). To have the advantage of anybody, aliquo potiorem, priorem esse; aliquem antecedere. In anything, aliqua re praestare alicui or superare, vincere aliquem.
Circumstances of advantage (as properties): virtus (any mental excellence): bonum (any good thing, valuable property): laus (any property that deserves praise in the eyes of another). External advantages, externa bona; bona in specie posita. Advantages of mind and body, bona animi et corporis.
The advantage was with the Romans, i. e., the victory, res Romana erat superior. In the skirmishes the Gabini mostly had the advantage, parvis proeliis Gabina res plerumque superior erat.
Opportunity of gain unfairly taken: to take advantage of anything, ex aliqua re suam occasionem petere (e.g., ex incommodo alicujus): aliquid quaestui habere: aliquid in suum turpissimum quaestum conferre (of several things, Cic.).
To advantage: to appear to advantage, placere; solito magis placere, etc. Not to appear to advantage, parum placere; solito minus placere; displicere. To be dressed to advantage, vestiri honeste (opposcd to quod satis est: vestiri mid.).
Advantage-ground, locus opportunus: loci opportunitas: figuratively, locus excelsus et illustris (Cic.).
advantage v.
prodesse (to be or make for anybody: opposed to obesse, to make against him: ad aliquid): conducere (to contribute to his advantage: ad or in aliquid: only in 3d sing. and plur.): expedire (to extricate: hence to be of advantage in difficult circumstances: ad aliquid): esse ex usu alicujus, esse ex re or in rem alicujus (to be for his interest). To advantage anybody little, longe alicui abesse (of a thing).
Intransitively, utilem esse: Usui esse: ex usu esse: utilitatem or usum praebere; utilitatem ufferre: prodesse, conducere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for advantage?
- The usual Latin words for “advantage” are ūtilitās, fruor, lucrum; also quaestus, compendium, ēmolumentum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.