adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
lucrōsus
lucrōsus (feminine lucrōsa, neuter lucrōsum)
Classical[ɫʊˈkroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[luˈkrɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivelucrative, advantageous
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lucrum ferēnslucrōsus -a -um — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 20
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lucrōsus | lucrōsa | lucrōsum |
| genitive | lucrōsī | lucrōsae | lucrōsī |
| dative | lucrōsō | lucrōsae | lucrōsō |
| accusative | lucrōsum | lucrōsam | lucrōsum |
| ablative | lucrōsō | lucrōsā | lucrōsō |
| vocative | lucrōse | lucrōsa | lucrōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lucrōsī | lucrōsae | lucrōsa |
| genitive | lucrōsōrum | lucrōsārum | lucrōsōrum |
| dative | lucrōsīs | lucrōsīs | lucrōsīs |
| accusative | lucrōsōs | lucrōsās | lucrōsa |
| ablative | lucrōsīs | lucrōsīs | lucrōsīs |
| vocative | lucrōsī | lucrōsae | lucrōsa |
lū^crōsus, a, um, adj. lucrum,
I. gainful, profitable, lucrative:
voluptas, Ov. Am. 1, 10, 35; Tac. Agr. 19: fraus lucrosior, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 197: id peraeque etiam lucrosissimum, id. 18, 31, 74, § 320.—Hence, adv.: lŭcrōsē, profitably, advantageously, Cassiod. Var. 12, 20.—In comp.: lucrosius perire, Hier. Ep. 22, n. 13 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lucrōsus adj.
lucrum, gainful, profitable : voluptas, O.: paucis lucrosum fieri, Ta.
Origins
From lucrum + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Englishlucrous
- Italianlucroso