emolumentum

Latin

Alternative forms

• ēmolimentum

Etymology

From ēmolō (“I grind up”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

ēmolumentum n (genitive ēmolumentī); second declension

1. effort, exertion, labour
2. advantage, benefit, gain, profit
   • Dig. XVII.I.10.3 Ulpianus libro trigensimo primo ad edictum

     Si procurator meus pecuniam meam habeat, ex mora utique usuras mihi pendet. sed et si pecuniam meam faenori dedit usurasque consecutus est, consequenter dicemus debere eum praestare quantumcumque emolumentum sensit, sive ei mandavi sive non, quia bonae fidei hoc congruit, ne de alieno lucrum sentiat.

     If my procurator has my money, he surely has to pay me interest while in delay. But also when he loaned my money and reaped interest, then we say consequently that has to hand over all gain that he has enjoyed, whether I have mandated him or not, because it beseems good faith that he does not enjoy someone else’s meed.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēmolumentum	ēmolumenta
Genitive	ēmolumentī	ēmolumentōrum
Dative	ēmolumentō	ēmolumentīs
Accusative	ēmolumentum	ēmolumenta
Ablative	ēmolumentō	ēmolumentīs
Vocative	ēmolumentum	ēmolumenta

Antonyms

• detrimentum

Descendants

• → Catalan: emolument
• → English: emolument
• → French: émolument
• → Italian: emolumento
• → Portuguese: emolumento
• → Romanian: emolument
• → Spanish: emolumento

References

• “emolumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emolumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• emolumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.