lucrosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lū̆crōsus, a, um, adj. [lucrum],

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.

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