“gain” in Latin

lucrum: quaestus: commodum: emolumentum: compendium: fructus [SYN. in ADVANTAGE]: praeda, praedae (PROP., booty; then, general term, any gain or advantage which can be looked upon as a kind of booty; the plur., praedae, when several kinds of gain are spoken of; Vid: Comm. on Nep., Chabr., 2, 3): praemium (reward, etc., (ἆθλον). (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. A little gain, lucellum; aliquid lucelli (e.g., dare alicui). For the sake of gain, lucri or quaestus causa (e.g., gerere rem); sui quaestus et commodi causa. To make gain of, [Vid: To GAIN by]: to be eager in the pursuit of gain, omnia ad lucrum revocare; omnia quaestu metiri; quaestui servire or deditum esse: to think anything gain, aliquid in lucro ponere; putare esse de lucro; deputare esse in lucro; lucro apponere (Hor., Od., 1, 9, 14). Ill-gotten gains, male partum or parta (e.g., male partum male disperit; male parta male dilabuntur). ☞ For phrases (e.g., to bring ingain, to derive gain from, etc.), Vid. PROFIT, s. Your gain in this is greater than your loss in that, plus hujus rei acquisisti, quam amisisti illius.

lucrari, lucrificare aliquid (general term; opposed to perdere; the former also, in playing with dice, Tac., Germ., 24, 3; Suet., Cal., 41; both, in the wider sense = to acquire, obtain): proficere aliquid (both in a mercantile and other respects): acquirere aliquid (to gain what one has striven for; opposed to omittere): consequi: assequi [SYN. in ACQUIRE]: vincere aliquid, or absolutely, (to conquer, carry off the victory, get the upper hand in a contest or in play [opposed to perdere], in a lawsuit, etc.; either with accusative or ablative, or within and ablative of that in which one gains, and with an accusative of how much one gains; Vid: the examples below). To gain in or by anything, quaestum facere in aliqua re: to gain nothing, nullum facere quaestum; nihil proficere: to gain much, multum lucri auferre; magnum lucrum or quaestum facere: to gain immensely, maximos quaestus praedasque facere. To gain at play [Vid: To WIN]. You have gained more in position than you have lost in property, plus acquisisti dignitatis, quam amisisti rei familiaris: to gain anybody’s consent to do anything, alicui id persuadere, ut, etc. To gain a place, etc. (= to reach it after great exertion), locum capere (also = potiri locum or loco; i. e., to make one’s self master of): aliquem in locum pervenire (to get as far as it): in locum eniti or evadere (to ascend to a higher point, to reach it; e.g., to gain the shore, in terram evadere; the summit of, in verticem montis): to gain the open plain, in campum pervenire: to gain a battle, victory [Vid: “To WIN a battle”]: to gain a cause (= lawsuit), causam (or causa) judicium (or judicio) vincere: to gain the prize, praemium auferre (ἆθλον ἑλέσθαι): to gain anybody’s friendship, in amicitiam alicujus recipi; in alicujus familiaritatem venire or intrare; in alicujus amicitiam pervenire: to gain anybody s friendship by dishonorable means, in alicujus amicitiam se insinuare: to gain the hearts or affections of men, animos sibi conciliare: to endeavor, by any means, to gain people’s affections or good-will, aliqua re hominum (plebis, etc.) animos or benevolentiam allicere: to gain people’s hearts for anybody, animos (hominum, plebis, etc.) conciliare et benevolentiam erga aliquem.

To gain over (= win to one’s side, etc.), aliquem or alicujus animum conciliare (e.g., donis, pecunia, pollicitationibus); aliquem or alicujus animum allicere (to entice; opposed to alienare; also, alicujus animum ad benevolentiam); also, allicere atque excitare studium alicujus (or -a aliquorum; e.g., ad utilitates nostras, to our interests, Cic.); aliquem ad causam suam perducere (e.g., donis); aliquem in suas partes ducere or trahere (general term, to draw to one’s side or party); aliquem ad studium sui perducere (to induce anybody to interest himself in one’s service or cause); alicujus gratiam consequi (to obtain anybody’s good-will or favor): to gain over a judge, conciliare sibi judicem or judicis animum: to gain a person over to one’s opinion, aliquem in sententiam suam adducere, or (entirely) perducere: to try to gain anybody over (IMPROP.), aliquem or alicujus animum tentare, to anything, ad aliquid (to make an attack, as it were, by way of attempt on anybody’s mind; by money, promises, and threats, pecunia, promissis et minis); aliquem or alicujus animum sollicitare, to anything, ad aliquid (to endeavor to rouse or incite; e.g., pecunia; pretio; spe libertatis); aliquem aggredi (to attack him, as it were, by anything; e.g., variis artibus).