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Tersnt. Quid mihi lucri est te f:illere ? 
wluit can it avail me 7 wliat belter should 1 
be 7 Cic. Numerare lucri H. S. xxx 
millia. Plant., and Anton, in Cic Ep. 
Lucro esse alicui, to be profitable or ad¬ 
vantageous to some one. Cic. Aliquid 
ad lucrum pradamque revocare, to turn 
to one’s profit. Tcrent. Quidquid prater 
spein eveniat, omne id deputare esse in 
lucre, to reckon it dear gain, count it so 
muck profit. Id. Id de lucro putato esse 
omne, put that down as clear profit. Cic. 
Id ego in lucris pono. Id. In lucro po- 
nere. So, Herat. Quern sors dieruin 
cumque dabit, lucro appone. Ovid. 
Nunquam fortasse licebit arnplius : in 
lucro, quae datur hora, milii est. — 
Hence, Lucri with dare, fucere, &c. as 
profit, as gain. Cic. lube Sest. xxx lu¬ 
cri dari. Id. Lucri facere (see Luerifa- 
cio). Plant. Me esse trecentos Philippos 
facturum lucri. Pigur. Nepus. iviulta 
hie sine Alcibiade gessit: ille nullam 
rem sine hoc: qu® ille universa natura- 
li quodam bono fecit lucri, h. e. gained 
(as it were), got all the credit of, made his 
own. ■ —Also, De lucro vivere, to live by 
clear gain or luck, h. e. contrary to one’s 
expectation; by the forbearance or suffer¬ 
ance of another. Cic. De lucro quadri- 
ennium vivimus. Liv. De lucro tilii 
me vivere scito. So, Plant. Id lucro 
est, quod vivis.- IT Also, thirst for. 
gain, avarice, lust of lucre. Lucan. Lu¬ 
cri pallida tabes. Senec. Impius lucri 
furor. So, perhaps, Phadr. Periculo- 
suin semper putavi lucrum, and Ovid. 
Omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat 
humus ; unless wealth, riches, be here 
meant. 
LC'CTX (unc.), ®, f. wrestling, naXy. 
3 Anson. 
LuCTaMjSN (luctor), inis, n. a wres- 
3 lling, struggling, striving, toiling, ef¬ 
fort, exertion, iraXaiapa, luctatio, ni- 
sus. Virg. Remo ut luctamen abes- 
set, h. e. that there was no need of toiling 
with the oars against the stream. Clau- 
dian. Lento luctamine Pcenum com¬ 
press'd Fabius, h. c. lente resistendo. 
Lamprid. Post lectionem operam pa- 
laistra, aut sphaeristerio, aut cursui, 
aut luctaminibus mollioribus dabat, less 
fatiguing exercises. PalUtd. Sine lucta¬ 
mine alterius generis, sc. vini, admix¬ 
ture, which would make the two kinds 
struggle, as it were, together. 
LUCTATIUS, same as Lulatius. 
LuCTaTIS (luctor), onis, f. a wrestling. 
Cic. Sine adversario nulla luctatio est. 
- IT Figur. a wrestling, struggle, con¬ 
test, fight; with words, for instance. 
Cic. Nam cum Academicis iucerta luc¬ 
tatio est, qui niliil affirmant. Vellei. 
Una tamen veluti luctatio civitatis fuit, 
pugnantis cum Ctesare, ut stationi pa¬ 
tentee succederet. - IT Also, figur. 
struggling, toil, effort, exertion. Liv. 
LOCTaTDR (Id.), oris, m. a wrestler, 
3 iraXaiorfis. Ovid. Luctator ab hospite 
fusus, h. e. Antwus, whom Hercules over¬ 
came in wrestling and slew. Senec. Luc¬ 
tator ter abjectus perdidit palmam. 
Oell. Tres filios habuit, unum pugi- 
lem, alterum pancratiasten, tertium luc- 
tatorem. Sense. Luctatores et totam 
oleo constantem scientiam expello (the 
wrestlers among the Greeks used to 
anoint their bodies with oil and wax, 
to make them slippery). Hence, 
Plant. Pedes (vinum) captat primum : 
luctator dolosus est. 
LuCTaTOS, us, m. same as Luctatio 2 Plin. 
LOCTIFER (luctus & fero), era, erum, 
3 adj. bringing or announcing mourning, 
mournful, yooeffbpoy. Hal. Flacc. annus. 
Senec. bubo, boding ill. 
LuCTIFICAUILIS (as from luctifico, 
3 which does not occur), e, adj. mourn¬ 
ing, sorrowful, afflicted. Pers. e Pa- 
cuv. 
LuCTIFICOS (luctus & facio), a, um, 
adject, bringing mourning, lamentable, 
mournful, sorrowful, doleful, woful, bale¬ 
ful, yotoSys. Cic. ex JEsclvylo. Luctifi- 
ca clades. Virg. Luctifica Alecto. Se¬ 
nec. verb*. - U Adverbially. Val. 
Flacc. Luctificum clangente tuba. 
LOCTISSNOS (luctus &. sono), a, uni, 
3 adj. sounding mournfully, mournful, yo6- 
Jitovos. Ovid, mugitus. 
L0CTIT5, as, frequentat. from lucto. 
3 Priscian. 
L0CT5, as, n. 1. same as Luctor. Te- 
3 rent. -IT The particip. luctans may 
perhaps be referred to this form, but it is 
better to refer it to luctor, as more fre¬ 
quently used. 
L0CT5R (lucta), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to wrestle, it aXaioi. Virg. Contendunt 
ludo, et fulva luctantur arena. Nepos. 
Exercebatur plurinium currendo, et luc- 
tando. Cic. Luctabitur Olympiis Milo. 
Plin. Polypus luctatur (cum liomine) 
complexu. Propert. Inter luctantes vi- 
ros, the wrestlers. -IT Figur. to wres¬ 
tle, struggle, strive, contend. Virg. In¬ 
ter se luctantur cornibus li®di. Id. 
Luctantem animam resol vere, struggling 
to depart.. Cic. Nondum statuo, te vi- 
rium satis habere, ut ego tecum luctari 
et congredi debeam. Plin. Malus est 
ager, cum quo dominus luctatur, h. e. 
which demands a greater expense in its 
cultivation, than the owner can afford. — 
With dativ. Sil. rnorti, fur cum rnorte. 
Horat. fluctibus. — With ablat. without 
a prepos. Lucan, (of fire) viridi robore. 
-IT Also, figur. to struggle, strive or 
exert one’s self greatly, make a powerful 
effort, strain every nerve, to toil, be in 
d fficult.y or distress. Liv. An iequum 
esse, dedititios suos ilia fertilitate per- 
frui, se militando fessos, in pestilenti 
atque arido solo luctari ? Horat. Luc- 
tandum in turba, et facienda injuria 
tardis. Quintil. Est et illud vitium 
nimium solliciti, et circa omnia mo¬ 
menta luctantis. Virg. Tons® luctan- 
tur in marmore. Ovirl. Remis ad opem 
luctare ferendam, to ply with all his 
might. — With infin. Virg. Luctatur 
telum eripere. Ovid. Luctor deducere 
versum. 
LuCTcoSk (luctuosus), adv. mournfully, 
2 sorrowfully, lamentably. Varr. Lusci- 
nia, quod luctuose canere existimatur. 
Liv. Imperatores vestri luctuosius no¬ 
bis prope, quam vobis, perierunt. 
LuCTOoSuS (luctus), a, um, adj. full of 
mourning or moumfulness, h. e. bringing 
sorrow, mournful, sorrowful, lamentable, 
sad, doleful, baleful , afflictive , calamitous, 
SprivcoSns. Cic. O diem ilium funes- 
tum Senatui, reipubl. luctuosum. Id. 
Fuit hoc luctuosum suis, acerbum pa- 
tri®, grave bonis omnibus. Id. Luctu¬ 
osum est,tradi alteri cum bonis ; luctu- 
osius, inimico. Id. Miser® et luctuos® 
pieces. Id. Crudelissimum et luctuo- 
sissimum exitium patri® coinparare. 
- IT Passively, fall of mourning or 
sorrow, overwhelmed with grief and 
mourning, covered with sorrow. Horat. 
Dii dederunt Hesperi® mala luctuos®. 
LuCTGS (lugeo), us, m. mourning, afflic¬ 
tion at the early loss of a dear friend, 
as Cic. says, Adgritudo ex ejus, qui ca¬ 
ms fuerit, interitu acerbo. — In a wider 
sense, grief at any heavy calamity, 
chiefly outward, as shown by the coun 
tenance, gestures, cries, &o. ; lamenta¬ 
tion, mourning, wailing ; sorrow, heavi¬ 
ness, affliction, grief, 3prji/o(, jreo9o(. 
Cces. Re cognita, tantus luctus excepit, 
ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem ves- 
tigio videretur. Sallust. Luctu atque i 
c®de omniacomplentur. Ovid. Luctus] 
gemitusque sonabant. Cic. Ilunc mi- 
serum, luctu perditum, nudum ejicit 
domo. Id. Desperans rebus tuis, in 
sordibus, lanientis, luctuque jacuisti. 
Id. Ut eos, quos luctu affecerat, lugere 
non sineret. Id. Sustinere jam popu- 
lus R. omnium nationum luctum, lacry- 
mas, querimonias non potest. Id. In 
luctu vivere. Id. Luctum ex aliqua re 
percipere. Id. liaurire. Id. Luctum 
et mosrorem deponere. Id. Luctum 
tollit diuturnitas. Id. Luctum omnem 
abstergere. Virg. Accensus luctu, 
with grief and regret. Ovid. Per coa- 
cervatos pereat domus impia luctus, by 
repeated losses; by death upon death. - 
IT Also, mourning apparel, weeds , mourn¬ 
ing. Liv. Senatus consult® diebus tri- 
ginta luctus est finitus. Tacit.. Luctum 
amiss® sororis turn primum l®to eultu 
inutavit. 
LUCU. See Lux, at the end. 
LuCCBRaTIS (lucubro), onis, f. a study¬ 
ing or working by lamp-light, sitting up 
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at night to study ; nighb-work, nocturnal 
study, lucubration, dypmvia, of literary 
men in their studies, rustics in finishing 
their labors, &c. Cato. Per liiemem 
lucubratione li®c facito : ridicas, et pa- 
los dolato, &c. Colum. Multa sunt 
qua in lucubratione recte aguntur. Id. 
Nulla regio non aliquid affert, quod ad" 
lucubrationem confici possit. Id. Ad 
lucubrationem vespertinam palos de- 
cem conficere totidemque per anteluca- 
nam lucubrationem. Cic. Lucubratio- 
nes detra'xi. Id. Ista sunt vix digna 
lucubratione anicularum,/i. e. are hardly 
good enough to be told at evening by the 
old wives over their spinning-wheels. _ 
IT By metonymy, any thing composed by 
night; a lucubration. Cic. Perire lucu¬ 
brationem meam nolui, h. e. epistolam 
noctu scriptum. 
LuCBBRATIuNCiiLX (dimin. from lucu- 
3 bratio), ®, f. same as Lucubrat.io, when 
one speaks diniinishingly or modestly: 
night-work, night-study or a little night- 
work, &.C. Auson. -IT Also, a lucu¬ 
bration, or a short lucubration, h. e. what 
is composed at night. Gell. 
LOCBBRaToRIOS (lucubro), a, um, adj. 
2 serviceable fur work or study at night. 
Sueton. lecticula. 
LOC5BR5 (lux), as, avi, a-tum, n. and a. 
1. to work at night by the light of a lamp, 
study or compose at night or by lamp-liglit. 
Liv. 1, 57. Inter lucubrantes ancillas 
sedentem invenit. Plin. Ep. Lucubra- 
re a Yulcanalibus incipiebat statim a 
nocte multa. -—- IT Transitively, to 
make, compose or perform at night or 
by lamp-light. Cic. Hoc parvum opus- 
culurn lucubratum his jam contractio- 
ribus noctibus. Martial. Hsc dat lioc- 
turnis nox lucubrata Camenis, h. e. the 
night spent in lucubration (llox lucubra- 
taj ; or, these composed at night (h®c lu¬ 
cubrata). Apul. Lucubrare viam, to 
travel by night. 
LuCOLeNTe (luculentus), adv. clearly, 
distinctly, brilliantly, luminously, aptly; 
or, more generally, excellently, splendid¬ 
ly, nobly, well. Cic. Luculente scripse- 
runt, etiam si minus, quam tu, polite. 
Id. Quanquam ab impio rege dicitur, 
luculente tamen dicitur. Gell. Liber 
luculente scriptus. Plant. Ut hunc 
diem luculente habeamus, nobly, brave¬ 
ly, freely, gayly. Id. Illam luculente 
vendere, at a bargain. Cic. Eodem die 
Gabinium ad populum luculente cale- 
fecerat Memmius, had given him a good 
warming, belabored or harassed well. 
LuCOLeNT£R (Id.), adv. clearly, dis¬ 
tinctly, brilliantly, luminously; or, gene¬ 
rally, excellently, splendidly, well. Cic. 
Cum ex eo qusreretur, quid esset dolus 
malus, respond ebat, cum esset abud 
simulatum, aliud actum, hoc quidem 
sane luculenter. Id. Grace luculenter 
sciani, well. Id. Sane texebatur opus 
(h. e. Libri de Rep.) luculenter. 
LuCOLeNTIX (Id.), ®, f. brilliancy, beau- 
3 tv, excellence. Arnob. 
LuCOLeNTITaS (Id.), atis, f. splendor, 
3 man-nificen.ce. Cceeil. ap. JVon. 
LuCOLeNTOS (lux), a, um, adj -MJ 
light, bright, Xapirpos, Siavyns- Vlaui. 
Viden’ vestibulum ante ®des hoc. ei 
ambulacrum cujusmodi? (Ira.) j ' 
lentum edepel profecto. Cic. 
nietuo, lie frigeas in lnbernis: Q 
obrem camino luculento utendum cen 
seo, h. e. multo igne abundanti. 
IT Hence, beautiful, fair, handsome, cwn - 
ly, fine. Martial. Nec dictatmil 
lentus Atys galliambum. r f ^ le , )t a 
lier luculenta forma. I laid- Luiul ® e 
feinina. — Also, of riches, because 
they bring splendor and fiWf y ^, AC . 
ft’ Tmiha ’ V S > ‘ paSmonium, « 
large fortune. Plant Magna et Mien 
lenta liereditas, rich, large, sp « 
Id. Luculentam conditionem f d 
eui, advantageous, profituM f- fl| { bu s, 
also to writing and spe ; 
Luculentus senptor, rich in -1 ^ 
eloquent, luminous, c ^ a 2’ is ^Z P c legaid, 
ecii*y; Luculenta oratio, fi • ’ 
well-written, clear, P crs 1"™ tf , t j ic hind, 
or, more generally, 
splendid, beautiful. S ? llu t s ' ., tl , u e uU- 
tionem habuit luculeutam, utq 
