English → Latin
“emolument” in Latin
ēmolumentumeffort, exertion, labour; advantage, benefit, gain, profitquaestusgain, acquisition, profit, advantage; occupation, employment, joblucrumprofit, advantage; love of gain, avaricecompendiumsaving; profit or gain, especially made by saving; shortening, abbreviating; abridgementfruorto enjoy; to derive pleasure from; to engage (in)
The English word emolument itself goes back to Latin ēmolumentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
emolument
emolumentum: quaestus: lucrum: compendium: fructus [SYN. in ADVANTAGE]. (The words are found in this connection and order.) quaestus et lucrum; quaestus et commodum; lucrum et emolumentum; fructus et emolumentum; quaestus et compendium; quaestus praedaeque. To have an eye to his own emolument in anything, aliquid ad suum fructum referre. For the sake of emolument, lucri or quaestus causa (e.g., gerere rem): with a view to his own emolument, sui quaestus et commodi causa. A trifling emolument, lucellum: to be a source of emolument to anybody, quaestui esse alicui. More under GAIN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for emolument?
- The usual Latin words for “emolument” are ēmolumentum, quaestus, lucrum; also compendium, fruor. 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.