lucrativus

Latin

Etymology

lucrātus, perfect active participle of lucror (“to gain, profit”) +‎ -ivus (“-ive”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lu.kraːˈtiː.u̯us/, [ɫ̪ʊkräːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.kraˈti.vus/, [lukräˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

lucrātīvus (feminine lucrātīva, neuter lucrātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. gainful, profitable, lucrative
2. (law) of or pertaining to a bequest or gift; bequeathed or given

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lucrātīvus	lucrātīva	lucrātīvum		lucrātīvī	lucrātīvae	lucrātīva
Genitive	lucrātīvī	lucrātīvae	lucrātīvī		lucrātīvōrum	lucrātīvārum	lucrātīvōrum
Dative	lucrātīvō		lucrātīvō		lucrātīvīs
Accusative	lucrātīvum	lucrātīvam	lucrātīvum		lucrātīvōs	lucrātīvās	lucrātīva
Ablative	lucrātīvō	lucrātīvā	lucrātīvō		lucrātīvīs
Vocative	lucrātīve	lucrātīva	lucrātīvum		lucrātīvī	lucrātīvae	lucrātīva

References

• “lucrativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lucrativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers